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Security arrangements not
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PGI
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 UGC emphasis on professional ethics CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The University Grants Commission in its notification for new pay scales has once again stressed the need for code of professional ethics.
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Security
arrangements not finalised CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — Security arrangements for the conduct of panchayat poll slated for January 16 are yet to be finalised. The request of the local police asking for four companies of the Central Reserve Police Force has reportedly been turned down by the Home department and the police has been directed to make the necessary arrangements from the existing manpower. Sources said that although the city has no history of poll related violence, yet more than 300 personnel are needed to take care of law and order and for the smooth conduct of the poll in 62 booths in 15 villages. Mr B. Prasad, Election Commissioner UT, said the details were being sorted out with the local police and everything would be in place by tomorrow. However, the liquor vends in the areas falling within the gram panchayats would be closed and January 15 and 16 had been declared as dry days in the villages. No sale or serving of liquor will be allowed in all villages , including those villages whose panchayats have been declared unopposed, and an order to this effect was issued by the Deputy Commissioner late this evening, He said the rehearsal drill for returning officers and polling officers had been carried out. There were no problems on this front as all persons who will be doing poll duty were well versed as they had worked during the previous parliamentary elections. As many as 75 polling teams had been constituted consisting of one Returning Officer and four Polling Officers. In view of lesser number of polling booths as a result of unopposed election of certain candidates, the remaining teams have been declared as reserve and would be used to fill in case of emergency. Mr Prasad said 60,000 ballot papers had been printed and would be distributed among the polling staff along with other polling material at 4 p.m tomorrow. The staff would then proceed to their respective polling stations and stay there overnight along with their security men. There will be two ballot papers and two boxes to put them in. The voters would use the white ballot to mark their choice for the Panch and the pink ones for the Sarpanch. However, the vote would not be disqualified if it were to be put in the wrong box, but would be sent to the right table during counting. The staff will be given Rs
50 each as diet charges and in case they worked till late
in the night the same amount would be given in addition.
All conditions and security steps that applied during the
parliamentary elections would be followed. Special
patrolling would also be carried out, he added. |
PGI doctors
protest, wear black badges CHANDIGARH , Jan 14 — It was day with a difference. Doctors at the PGI, the country's premier medical institute, wore black badges in protest against the attitude of the government in not implementing the new pay scales suggested by a committee headed by the Union Health Secretary. Besides black badges it was work as usual as a couple of thousand patients were examined in the out patients department (OPD's) and those admitted inside the hospital were taken care of. All planned surgeries were carried out even as surgeons wore badges while operating, a spokesperson of the PGI Faculty Association said. A general body meeting of the PGI Faculty Association — a 250 member body — was held this evening to decide upon the future course of action. It was decided to send a delegation of doctors to join in a protest rally being organised by the AIIMS faculty on January 18. Doctors will march in procession to the Prime Minister' s house. The doctors are demanding
better wages and are upset over the rejection a report
submitted by a committee that was specially set up to fix
the pay scales of PGI and AIIMS doctors. The
recommendations have been reportedly rejected by the
Union Finance Ministry. |
UGC emphasis
on professional ethics CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The University Grants Commission in its notification for new pay scales has once again stressed the need for code of professional ethics. The notification says that "each university should evolve its own code of professional ethics after full discussion in the academic bodies and associations". The code should also be incorporated in the act of the university and its statutes and ordinances. On point of accountability the UGC says that self-appraisal should be adopted as a mandatory part of the career advancement scheme. It should be implemented with the new pay scales within the time frame of one year, if it has not been already implemented. It would be optional for the institutions to consider introduction of student evaluation as a method of evaluation of teacher, particularly in small institutions, postgraduate departments, professional colleges and autonomous colleges. The UGC has once again underlined that university and colleges "must" have at least 180 actual teaching days which means that there should be a minimum of 30 weeks of actual teaching in a six-day week. Of the remaining period, 12 weeks maybe devoted to admission and examination activity, eight weeks for vacation and non instructional days and two weeks on account of various public holidays. The UGC has asked the universities to increase the number of corresponding weeks for teaching work as they adopt a five-day week pattern. The workload of the teacher in full employment should not be less than 40 hours a week. It should be necessary for the teacher to be available for at least five hours daily for which necessary space and infrastructure be provided by the university or the college. The notification specifies that the direct teaching hours for a lecturer, senior lecturer and selection grade lecturer should be 16 hours while that of readers and professors 14 hours. It has also been specified
that a representative of the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled
Tribe, women and physically handicapped person be
included in the selection committee whenever a candidate
from any of these categories appears for an interview.It
is optional for the university and college to utilise the
seminar or colloquium as a method for selection of
lecturer, readers and professors. |
Homoeopathic
college affiliation withdrawn CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The Punjab Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine has withdrawn the affiliation granted to the Chandigarh Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Sector 26, for admission to the first year course, thereby plunging the future of medico students, who already stand admitted and are attending classes, into darkness. As per the letter issued on January 12, 1999, a copy of the letter regarding the disaffiliation has also been forwarded to the Central Council of Homoeopathy, New Delhi. The reason cited by the Registrar is "non-implementation of directions of the state government/council by the Principal, Homoeopathic Medical College, Sector 26, Chandigarh." The war of attrition between the management of the college and the state council, started about six months ago. The Principal of the Homoeopathic Medical Colleges at Ludhiana, Abohar and Chandigarh were informed in August, 1998, by the Registrar of the council that as per the state government decision, admission to the Ist year of BHMS degree course by the Homoeopathic Medical College affiliated with the state council be held in abeyance. Despite this, the Principal of the Chandigarh college went ahead with the admissions saying that "the decision of the state government/council does not apply on their institution, as it falls under the jurisdiction of the Chandigarh Administration and the entrance test is conducted by Panjab University, Chandigarh". Strangely, while Panjab University conducts the entrance exam, it is the state council which is the affiliating body of the college. The council served a show cause notice to the Principal and the management of the college on September 21, 1998, asking them why the institution should not be disaffiliated for non-compliance of the directions. The management took the same stand as it had taken earlier. The matter was placed before the Board of Studies and the Board, in its meeting held on October 23, 1998, vide resolution no 1(h), unanimously decided to disaffiliate the Ist Professional year of the BHMS. The secretary of the college management, when contacted, said that he had been taken aback by the council’s decision and was surprised. "The disaffiliation is not under the purview of the council. Further, such a move comes after about four months of the admission to the Ist professional year of the college," he stated and added that a meeting of the executive committee would be held within one or two days and ways and means would be devised to tackle this problem. "We will not even hesitate to move the court if the council remains adamant," he emphasised. On the other hand the Registrar of the council, Dr S.S. Kahlon, squarely blames the management for the imbroglio. He stated that despite their repeated reminders the college had gone ahead with the admissions. "We have proceeded in an organised manner. Furthermore, the council has taken a lenient view of the problem and has disaffiliated only the first professional year and not the whole college," he added. While the files shuttle
between the governing bodies, the students unaware of the
problem are busy attending classes hoping to become
doctors some day. Ironically, this is the silver jubilee
year of the college. |
Nigerian
student held for selling smack SAS NAGAR, Jan 14 — The local police has arrested a Nigerian student, alleged to be a member of an organised gang running its narcotics trade with the help of hi-tech communication equipment, for selling smack in the city and surrounding areas. A mobile phone, a pager and smack worth Rs 50,000 has been recovered from the accused, identified as Nelson Omiko Osu, presently staying in a rented accommodation in Phase VII here. Mr B.S. Randhawa, Superintendent of Police, said the accused was nabbed with the help of a decoy customer and signed currency notes, on a tip-off, while he was waiting for his customers in an open place near his house. Fifty grams of smack and the currency notes were recovered from him. Mr Randhawa said the police was trying to nab the accused, a computer student, for the past one week but he had been eluding arrest with the help of his mobile phone and pager. About the modus-operandi
of the accused, Mr Randhawa said he used to call the
prospective customers to secluded places for supplying
smack and other narcotics in small quantities. During the
preliminary investigations it had been found that he was
an active member of a gang of Manimajra, some members of
which were arrested by the Chandigarh police along with
2.5 kg of smack about three months back. He said the
customers of Nelson were mainly school and college going
rich students. A case under Sections 21, 61 and 85 of the
NDPS Act has been registered.
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Cold wave disrupts air, rail traffic CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 (UNI) — The cold wave after yesterday revived in most of the north-west region today as several places in the region were engulfed by dense fog, resulting in disruption of air, rail and road traffic. The day temperature which had improved following bright sun shine yesterday slumped today in and around Chandigarh by 6 to 8°C. The minimum was 6.2°C while the maximum was 12°C, both 1 and 7 degrees below normal, respectively. People in and around Leh and Kargil shivered under intense cold wave conditions as the minimum at the two places in the northern-most district of Jammu and Kashmir plummeted to 11 and 7°C below freezing point, respectively. Srinagar and Jammu, the summer and winter capital of the state, were reeling under 0 and 4.6°C respectively. The latter was 3 degrees below normal while the former slightly hotter than yesterday. In adjoining Himachal Pradesh, Kalpa in Kinnaur district continued to be the coldest place with minimum slumping to -2°C. People braving the intense cold wave conditions took holy dips in the Yamuna, Sutlej and sarovars attached to gurdwaras and temples in Haryana and Punjab on the occasion of Makkar Sankranti and "Maghi", as the latter is called in Punjab. The prestigious Delhi-Chandigarh Shatabdi and Delhi-Kalka Himalayan Queen trains were delayed because of fog by 72 minutes and 25 minutes, respectively today. Some other trains on the Delhi-Ambala, Saharanpur-Ambala and Punjab sections of Northern Railways too were running behind schedule. With weathermen holding out no respite from the renewed cold wave, under the influence of western disturbances across Pakistan and Afghanistan, Delhi was reeling under below 2°C this morning. Safdarjung and Palam both reported the low of 5.5°C and 6.2°C, respectively. Shimla, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, was warmer by 3 degrees above normal at 4.5°C while Bhuntar turned out to be another colder place with the minimum dipping to 0°C this morning. Una with 0.8°C was the other colder place in the state. In Haryana, Ambala, Rohtak and Hisar were colder places, reporting the low of 6.8°C, 7°C and 7.1°C, respectively. In Punjab, Amritsar was the coldest place today, reporting the low of 4.7°C. Weathermen here have
warned of ground frost at a few places in Punjab and a
further fall in the night temperatures over the next 48
hours, including Haryana. Forward areas in Jammu and
Kashmir and adjoining tribal belt in Himachal Pradesh
could have fresh spells of snow fall during the next 24
hours. |
Fog hampers
train movement CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — Poor visibility due to fog all along the rail tracks north wards of Delhi today slowed down major express trains, thus delaying thousands of commuters, delivery of mail and freight. Meanwhile, the railways has cancelled two trains for tomorrow while six trains that were cancelled 10 days ago will be restored tomorrow. New Delhi — Amristar Express and Jalandhar — New Delhi Superfast have been cancelled for their upward and downward journey, respectively, according to sources. Unchar Express, Delhi — Hardwar Passenger and Sharanpur — Lucknow Passenger will be restored tomorrow after 10 days Flying Mail still remains cancelled on its run between Delhi and Amritsar. The train is likely to be restored on January 26, the sources said. This morning fog that had descended over the entire north-western region slowed down all major trains, including the prestigious Shatabdis running between Delhi — Chandigarh and Delhi — Amritsar. Daily passengers, a large number of whom happen to be office-goers, educationists and college students, could not reach their destinations in time. Besides express trains a large number of goods trains were also slowed down. Delhi — Chandigarh Shatabdi reached Chandigarh 70 minutes behind schedule this morning. The Amritsar — Delhi Shatbadi on its downwards journey was delayed by 80 minutes by the time it reached Ambala while Swarn Shatabdi running between Delhi and Amritsar had been delayed by 70 minutes by the time it reached Ambala on its upward journey. Inter — City Express between Bathinda and New Delhi was late by three hours by the time it reached Ambala. Shane-e-Punjab was delayed by three hours by the time its reached Ludhiana on it upwards journey between New Delhi and Amritsar. The Himachal Express between Delhi and Una was running late by three hours. Kalka Mail arrived in Chandigarh two hours behind schedule this morning. Railway officials
explained that conditions are classified as
"foggy" when the signal indicating the movement
on the track is invisible to the approaching engine
driver. |
Objections
invited on polybags ban CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The Department of Environment of the Chandigarh Administration has clarified that it has only invited objections from the public regarding the ban on polythene bags in Sector 17 within 60 days from the date of issuance of a draft notification in this regard. The objections will be taken into consideration before the issuance of the final notification, an official press note said today. Interestingly, a press note issued by the UT Public Relations department yesterday had mentioned that the UT Administration had directed that no person, including shopkeepers, vendors, retailers and rehriwallahas, should supply goods in polythene bags in Sector 17. What had caused confusion was the fact that the press note did not say anything about the draft notification, which is issued 60 days prior to the final notification with the purpose of informing the public and to invite objections, if any. Meanwhile, the Sector 17 Traders Association, while hailing the onset of the process of a ban on the use of polybags in Sector 17, has urged the Administration to extend the ban to the whole city. The association has also demanded that as the Central government draft notification in this regard, the use of recycled polybags should be banned in the first phase. Mr Subhash Kataria and Mr Jagdish Kalra, president and the general secretary of the association, respectively, said though the Administration move was a step in the right direction, it should clarify what it was going to do in case of polypacks containing milk and essential items. They added that to make
the proposed ban successful, the Administration should
first come out with a concrete garbage disposal plan. |
New Public
School principal dead CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The Founder-Principal of New Public School, Sector 18, Miss S.H. Singh died, here today. She was 78. Miss Singh started her career as a teacher in Yadavindra Public School, Patiala. She went on to start New Public School in 1960 and retired in 1993. A life-member of the Child Welfare Council and the Punjab State Red Cross Society, she devoted her life for the welfare of the underprivileged and downtrodden. The funeral procession will start from her house no.119, Sector 18, tomorrow at 12 noon. The school will remain closed on January 15 as a mark of respect to her.
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'Mahaul
Theek Hai' gets tax exemption CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The Chandigarh Administration has given 100 per cent exemption from entertainment duty for six weeks to Jaspal Bhatti's cinemascope comedy film, "Mahaul Theek Hai". The film has already completed four weeks in the city. As the main cast of the film is from Chandigarh and it has been shot mostly in and around Chandigarh, the Administration has allowed a six-week tax exemption. The film has touched the crucial issue of corruption. The Punjab Government has
already exempted the film from entertainment duty for six
prints for 10 weeks. |
Prohibitory
orders CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The District Magistrate, Mr R.K. Rao, has promulgated prohibitory orders under Section 144, Cr P.C. to make it mandatory for landlords or tenants of commercial establishments not to employ any domestic help, including part-time maid servant, unless his or her particulars have been furnished to the Station House Officer concerned in writing. The orders had be effective from January 15 and remain in force until March 15. Any violation of the order is punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. Langar: The UT
Secretariat Welfare Association organised langar at the
UT Secretariat on Thursday to mark Lohri and Makar
Sankranti celebrations. |
‘Indefinite
dharna’ by GCM students CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — There was no let-up in the impasse between students and the college authorities in Government College for Men, Sector 11, here today. Despite official announcement of a closed day by college authorities, students under the leadership of Dayal Pratap Singh Randhawa, president of the Panjab University Campus Students' Council, pitched tents outside the college and sat on an "indefinite dharna". Randhawa criticised the UT police for allegedly detaining the college president Amrit Pal Brar yesterday without "any reason". He said the strike would continue until action was taken against the "college principal". The Students Council of
the Department of Evening Studies has also extended
support to the agitation besides office-bearers of
various local colleges. |
Farooq
fails to turn up S.A.S NAGAR, Jan 14 —The visit of the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, to the city was cancelled at the eleventh hour today. According to official sources, the Chief Minister was scheduled to visit one of his aquaintances in Sector 71 here at around 3.10 p.m. But he was unable to do so due to "bad weather". All security arrangements had been completed, but the police was informed at about 4 p.m. that the visit had been put off, said a police official. It is not for the first
time that the visit of Mr Farooq Abdullah to the city had
been cancelled. He was to visit the city last week but it
was also cancelled. |
CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh (MCC) proposes to give Rs 50,000 as financial aid in the form of a loan and subsidy to urban employed and under-employed living below the poverty line. The scheme — Swarna Jayanti Shehari Rozgar Yojana — seeks to provide gainful jobs to unemployed youth living in slums and colonies by encouraging them to set-up self-employment ventures, business and manufacturing units. The beneficiaries will be given 15 per cent amount as subsidy and they will be required to contribute only 5 per cent of the margin money. According to sources, special attention will be given to women, disabled and persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Only urban poor were eligible for benefit under the scheme, whose income was not more than Rs 300 a month. They should be residents of the city for at least three years and should not be educated beyond ninth standard. On an average, a family of five members having an annual income of up to Rs 18,000 will be reckoned as living below the poverty line. Special incentives will be extended to urban poor women, who decide to set up self-employment ventures in groups--suited to their skills and local conditions. To be eligible for the subsidy, the group should consists of at least 10 women. The group is entitled to a subsidy of Rs 1.25 lakh or 50 per cent of the project cost, whichever is less. Specific provision has
been made for skill development through appropriate
training in a variety of services and manufacturing
trades. The beneficiaries are entitled for a stipend
during the training period which may vary from three to
six months. |
CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — Probably for the first time, an elaborate atlas on various aspects of Chandigarh has been prepared by a team of the Geography department of Panjab University. The "Inner Spaces — Outer Spaces of a Planned City: A Thematic Atlas of Chandigarh" prepared by Prof Gopal Krishan is different from conventional atlases which merely depict the locations of various places and other topographic features. This one also lays bare the socio-economic realities, covering planning, evolution, administration, physical infrastructure and socio-spatial structures. Prof Gopal Krishan has been assisted by Mr Mehar Singh as consultant and Mr Mohan Singh as cartographer. The research analysts are Yogesh Sharma and Anuradha Jarial. The atlas was released by the President of India as part of the international conference of architects recently. Talking to TNS, Prof Gopal Krishan said due to gridiron layout the Chandigarh map is often displayed with the Capitol complex at the top, suggesting that its location is in the North. It is actually north-east. The 'pre-Chandigarh' map shows 54 villages, highlighting " choes " and broad and shallow sandy beds.Villages such as Kalibar, Kailar and Burail enjoy a greater degree of nodality and functioning as rural service stations. Albert Mayer and Matthew Nowicki masterplan has been contrasted with that of Le Corbusier. The Governors Palace in the original plan never materialised as was the case with a proposed canal.The public library was proposed for Sector 10 while Burail jail was intended for Sector 25. Maps depicting the pattern of working shows that one out of every seven labourers work in industry. Due to essential character as an administrative city, 48.4 per cent of working population is in the service sector. The city has a total of 104,583 housing units. Of the total 43,615 are either governmental or institutional. These are 40 per cent of the total. There are 20,424 houses built on an individual basis while 40,544 have been built by the Chandigarh Housing Board. Nearly one-third of the private plots have an area of at least one kanal. These accompanied by houses of more than one kanal cover two-thirds of the total land allocated for private houses. In the private sector, there are 415 allopathic centres; 92 dental; 117 ayurvedic; and 32 homoeopathic. In addition, the city has 41 nursing homes, 27 clinical laboratories and 244 medical halls and chemist shops. The number of 'safai
karamcharis" was found to be 1,500 which made the
average of about three workers for every 1000 persons. It
was also found that the areas of northern sector were
better equipped in matters of sanitation. |
CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — A Sector 5 resident, R.S.Pathania, has been booked by the police for allegedly cheating a woman , Ms Ashwani Singh, in the sale of a flat in Mansa Devi. A deal was struck between Ms Ashwani and Pathania for Rs 4.60 lakhs. Pathania was to sell his flat. In the meantime Pathania, who works in a bank, was reportedly transferred to Jammu. He neither returned the money to her nor handed over possession of the flat. The woman lodged a complaint with the police , who booked him for cheating. Car, scooter stolen: A Sector 33 woman, Ms Usha Garg, reported that her car had been stolen from her residence. In a separate incident, Mr Jasbir Singh complained that his scooter (CH-01-A-1661) had been stolen from his Sector 33 residence. Four injured: Four persons have been injured in separate road accidents. Mr Gurpal Singh of Palsoura colony was hurt when his scooter collided with an auto-rickshaw on the road dividing sectors 39 and 40. A pedestrian, Mr Rattan Baruah of Khuda Ali Sher village was injured when he was hit by scooter on the road dividing sectors 24 and 25. Meanwhile Manoj Kumar of Sector 42 sustained injuries when his scooter skidded near Sector 42. Mrs Krishna Devi of Sector 37 was hurt when the car she was travelling in collided with a tractor trolley. Arrested: A resident of Sector 37, Ajay Taneja, was arrested for allegedly gambling at a public place in Sector 17. PANCHKULA Four die in mishaps: Four persons died and four were injured in separate road accidents in the district in the past 48 hours. A scooterist, Charanjit died on the spot after he was hit by a speeding Canter near Bhasaula village near here. The deceased was a resident of Johuwala village. In another accident an unidentified man died after being hit by an unidentified vehicle in Sector 4 here. In yet another mishap two labourers — Rajesh and Shekhar — died and three others — Bittu, Soni and Hira — were injured when the parked truck in which they were sitting was hit from behind by another truck on the Chandigarh — Kalka highway, near here, on Wednesday. In all the three cases the police has registered separate cases. In another accident Shanti Devi, a resident of Devinagar, was seriously injured after being hit by a scooter on the Panchkula — Zirakpur road. She was admitted to the local general hospital. A case under sections 279 and 337 of the IPC has been registered against the scooterist. Liquor seized: The Barwala police seized 3000 pouches of liquor being transported in a Maruti van at Dharamkanta ( Bataur village) near here, Wednesday evening. According to the information, a police party headed by ASI Gorakh Pal signalled the vehicle ( HR-49-2360) to stop. The driver of the vehicle, who was later identified as Sukhdev, escaped in to nearby fields under cover of darkness. The liquor pouches being brought from Chandigarh had been hidden in gunny bags. In another case, Pyara Lal
was arrested with nine bottles of liquor at Mattewala
village. |
CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — The local Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal, comprising Justice R.K. Nehru and Mr V.K. Majotra, today reserved the order on an O.A. challenging the extension in service to Mr P.C. Dogra, Punjab's Director-General of Police, beyond 58 years of age. The O.A. against grant of the extension was filed by Mr Sarbjit Singh, Additional Director-General of Police, and others, who contended that their chances of promotion to the post had been adversely affected by the extension given to Mr Dogra. Counsel for Mr Sarbjit Singh and others argued that the first extension given to Mr Dogra from April, 1, 1998 to September 30, 1998, was in order to frustrate the Tribunal's judgement whereby Mr Dogra's application for a change in his date of birth was dismissed. He was yet to reach the date of superannuation when the central government's move to grant him an extension was opposed on the ground that there were sufficient officers who could be given the responsibility, he submitted. It was pointed out that the order giving an extension to Mr Dogra did not spell out the public ground on which the extension was given. Counsel argued that the September order, giving extension to Mr Dogra, was not covered by notification of December 7, 1998. He contended that the extension was granted in violation of an amendment to the rules vide notification dated May, 13, 1998, and that the amended rule did not envisage any further extension. According to counsel, the authorities concerned could not give retrospective effect to a rule and even if it gave retrospective effect to the December notification, the rights accruing to the applicants for promotion could not be taken away. In addition the extension was violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution and that the order was a colourable exercise of power and was without jurisdiction. Rebutting the arguments of the petitioners' counsel, the Additional Solicitor-General of India argued that on May 16, 1998, a policy decision had been taken by the central government to extend the age of superannuation up to 60 years. "Even if no other order or notifications was issued Mr Dogra could continue to work up to 60 years since any person who was a member of all-India service would have retired at the age of 60. This was not on the basis of the May 13, 1998 amendment. The Union Govt's counsel contended that the December 7 notification was clarifactory and declaratory in nature. Such orders had been held to be retrospective by the apex court. Replying to the arguments that the extension was initially opposed, counsel contended that before a decision was taken each person in government could have a doubt or difference, but the matter was finally decided by the government's appointments committee, which was the final authority. There was no legal bar to a grant of extension and there was enough material on record to show that it was given after full application of mind. Counsel for Mr Dogra
contended that if the notification dated December 7, 1998
was not taken as retrospective then in respect of all
persons who would have earlier, retired between May 16
and December 7, an anomalous situation would be ereated. |
Dharna by
college teachers today CHANDIGARH, Jan 14 — Teachers of government and non-government colleges of the city will sit in dharna tomorrow to protest against the non-implementation of the UGC pay scales. This was stated in a press note of the Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union, here today. Dr Rabinder Nath Sharma, president of the PCCTU (Chandigarh council), and Dr R.S. Brar, President of the local unit of the Government College Lecturers Association in a joint statement have urged upon the UT authorities to implement the notification issued by the UGC without waiting for the decision of the Punjab government. A separate press note
announcing the dharna was issued by the President of SGGS
College unit.
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