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School board directed to examine daily wagers’
case SAS Nagar, March 21 The board has been directed to regularise the services of the employees within three months provided they meet the conditions specified in the notification of the government. Two similar orders have been passed by the court in two separate writ petitions filed by the clerks and helpers, respectively. The directions of the court assumes significance as over 200 daily wage and contractual employees were working as clerks, helpers and restorers with the board. The Chairman of the board, Dr Kehar Singh, was, however, not available for comments. Sources in the board said the details of the employees who fulfil the conditions laid in the notification were being compiled by the board. Over 160 regular posts of clerk and around 80 posts of helper were lying vacant in the board. However, the board was seeking a
clarification from the court in connection with an earlier directive by a division bench regarding the daily wage and contractual employees. In a petition filed by Balbir Singh and five others, it had been prayed that result of the written examination for recruitment to the posts of clerk declared by the boards on November 4, 2000, be quashed and the board be restrained from holding the interviews. In the second petition filed by 14 helpers, it had been prayed that result of the written examination for helpers, recruitments declared on October 9, 2000, be quashed and the board be restrained from holding the interviews for the posts of helper. Meanwhile, anxiety has gripped over 7,000 candidates, including some daily wagers and contractual employees in the board, who had appeared in the type test for the clerks’ posts in December last year and were awaiting interviews. The sources, while not ruling out possibility of money changing hands while securing the job, said there were differences between the officials of the board. One section was in favour of regularising the employees working on daily wage and contract for the past several years, while other sections favoured appointment of the candidates who had appeared in the written test. It may be mentioned that the board had earlier cancelled the results for the posts of clerk in 1986. |
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Corbusier’s style fails to impress French
student Chandigarh, March 21 Nora, who chose Le Corbusier’s brainchild Chandigarh as the topic for her pre doctorate, is studying history and architecture of the city from 1947 to 1966 under the guidance of Dr Ms Kamlesh Mohan of the History Department, Panjab University. However, Corbusier’s straight and square style of work has failed to impress Nora. “Though Chandigarh is a clean city in comparison to the other metros in India, every building is so predictable and similar to one another that the whole concept loses its charm after a while,” she said. “Corbusier, who is more popular in Southern France, kills the romanticism with his straight-cut outlays,” felts Nora. Talking about the problems she faced during her stay in the university hostel, Nora said besides the language problem outside the campus, she faced a communication gap even with her hostel mates on the campus. “Initially, the girls were enthusiastic about me as to where I was from and a few other routine questions. However, the communication never went beyond a formal ‘Hello’ and ‘How are you’ after that,” she said. Nora, who loves to travel, has visited Mumbai, Rajasthan, Delhi, Agra and a few places in South India. “Besides the stone-curved temples in South India, the colourful culture of Rajasthan fascinated me the most,” she said. Recalling the most memorable moment of her stay in India, Nora said she was in Mumbai at the time of the devastating earthquake. She felt the tremor but could not realise its magnitude until she read the whole report on the Internet the next day. Nora, who is also studying sociology as a part of her thesis work, is amazed at the arranged marriage and joint family system prevailing in India.”Wedding is a very important part of Indian social system,” said Nora. “But what amazes is that one can agree to marry a person without actually knowing the person,” she added. “Even the joint family system is equally fascinating,” Nora said. “Despite the fact that many children are not very emotionally attached to their parents, they prefer to stay under the same roof. In France, children prefer to move out after they are eighteen. This gives a person more freedom to be, what he or she wants to be, besides imbibing a sense of responsibility in them,” she added. |
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Engineering institute
adopts village SAS Nagar, March 20 Mr Gurcharan Singh, chairman of the trust, said various schemes for the upliftment of the local population were being undertaken. Providing basic amenities in the village was also on the agenda. Talking to mediapersons he said the rural children were a neglected lot and the government was doing little to uplift them. He said presently coaching classes of cutting , tailoring and embroidery for rural women were being run. The villagers were being encouraged to set up agro-based processing units. “ We are also encouraging the villagers to go in for crop diversification”, he added. Identifying rural students, who could not pursue their studies because of economic reasons, and arranging free coaching to enable them to compete at the state-level common entrance test for admission to engineering colleges was also being planned, said Mr Singh. |
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College directory soon Chandigarh, March 21 |
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DISTRICT COURTS Chandigarh, March 21 The complainant, Mr Mohammad Irshad, alleged that on March 10 the accused had caused injuries to him with hockey and iron rod. The Judge observed that the accused had committed minor nature of offence and granted him the bail on the furnishing bond of Rs 10,000 and one surety. Plea dismissed The UT Additional Sessions Judge, Mr S.K Goel, on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea moved by Bant Singh in a case of criminal intimidation. The case against him was registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 427, 452, 506 of the IPC at the Sector 31 police station. The complainant, Mr Hardeep Singh, alleged that nearly seven persons, including the accused, had allegedly beaten him up. He also alleged that the accused was carrying double barrel gun and others had kasi, and stick. The Judge observed that the investigation was not possible without custodial interrogation of the accused, therefore the bail plea moved by the accused was dismissed. Cheating case The UT Additional Sessions Judge granted bail to Ravinder Singh, a resident of Mohali, on Wednesday in a case of cheating and forgery. The case against the accused had been registered under Sections 420, 467,468, 471 of the IPC. It was alleged that the accused had submitted fake documents for getting a loan from the ICICI bank, Sector 26. The accused was granted bail on the furnishing bail bond of Rs 20,000. Theft case The UT Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mr Sant Parkash, granted bail to Ram Kher on Wednesday in a case of theft. The case against the accused was registered under Sections 323, 506 of the IPC. The complainant, Mr Vinay Gandhi, alleged that the accused had stolen 52 kg of scrap from Industrial Area. The Magistrate had observed that recovery had already been recovered and the accused no more required for further investigation. Therefore, the accused was granted bail on furnishing bond of Rs 15, 000 and one surety. |
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HC issues notice of
motion in ZP poll case Chandigarh, March 21 Earlier in their petition, Ms Upinder Kaur and four others had alleged that INLD candidates Ms Shimla Devi and Mr Sohan Lal had been declared elected after two slips bearing their names were taken out by a respondent in a draw of lots. The petitioners had added that the slips had been prepared and folded by the respondent and were visible through the transparent box in which these had been put. Giving details, they stated that the decision to go in for the draw of lots had been taken as five votes each were secured by Ms Upinder Kaur and Ms Shimla Devi for the president’s post. Similarly, five votes each had been polled in favour of Mr Virender Singh and Mr Sohan Lal for the vice-president’s post. The petitioners had also stated that the identity of the voter was discernible as the ballot papers were marked on the back side with code numbers. They had also alleged that Additional Deputy Commissioner S.K. Goyal, having close links with Haryana Chief Minister O.P. Chautala, was posted at Panchkula only to manipulate the elections in favour of the INLD “by whatever means”. Counsel for the petitioners also stated on their behalf that the ADC had been granted several favours by the CM. He was discharged in an FIR, besides being promoted to IAS cadre from HCS despite the pendency of a criminal case against him he had added. The High Court, it may be recalled, had earlier disposed of a petition for appointing an observer for conducting the election of the president and vice president after counsel for the state of Haryana had stated that the elections would be conducted in a fair and peaceful manner. Lok Adalat settles 2 cases Chandigarh, March 21 |
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