EDUCATION

Schools flout DM’s order
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 7
Following the directions of Mr S.K. Sandhu, District Magistrate, several government and aided schools changed their timings while a majority of private schools flouted the order.

Keeping in view the foggy conditions in the morning, the DM had passed order on January 4 that all government, aided, affiliated and private schools should change the timings from 9.15 am to 3.15 pm from January 7 to 31. However, several private schools, including Kundan Vidya Mandir and Sacred Heart Convent Senior Secondary School, Sarabha Nagar, did not adhere to the order. Kundan Vidya Mandir opened at 9 am as per the earlier schedule and at Scared Heart Convent School timing was changed from 8.20 am to 8.50 am rather than 9.15 am.

Several parents told Ludhiana Tribune that since they had read the DM’s order in newspapers and had planned to send them accordingly. It was when school buses arrived early and their children reached late, they got to know that the timings had not been changed as per DM’s order.

While Mr Sandhu was not available for comments, Mr S.R. Kler, ADC, said the order would be repeated to the school authorities and suitable action would be taken against defaulters.

Mithila, Jyoti are best dancers 
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 7
The Sahodaya School Dance Competition was organised recently at Kundan Vidya Mandir in which nine schools of the city participated in folk dance and five schools took part in classical dance.

According to a press note, in the classical dance category, most of the participants performed kathak. In the second category of folk dance, students of Saint Thomas School performed the famous Maharashtra dance, ‘lavni’. Other students performed ‘giddha’, Rajasthani dance and ‘kalbelia’ dance.

In the classical dance competition, first prize was given to students of KVM, while second prize was won by BCM Arya Model School and DAV Public school won the third prize. Spring Dale Public School won the first prize in folk dance, DAV Public School and KVM School won the second and third prizes, respectively.

Ms Mithila Sharma of KVM School was declared the best classical dancer, while Jyoti of St Thomas Senior Secondary School was adjudged the best folk dancer.

The championship trophy was won by KVM School and DAV School got the runners-up trophy.

COURTS

Bail denied in cheating case
Our Correspondent

Preliminary investigation has revealed that the accused used to tamper with the duplicate copies of the receipts. They allegedly used to write lesser amount on duplicate receipts and take away the balance amount. The investigation has also disclosed that the accused do not own any property and have invested almost all the money in the names of their children and relatives.

ADMINISTRATION

DC inaugurates road safety week
Our Correspondent

Mr Ashok Kumar Sharma, general manager, Mr Samual Mount, personnel manager, and Thakur Jai Pal Singh, chief cane development officer, were also present on the occasion.

Violators of defacement Act in for trouble: DC
Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 7
Mr S.K. Sandhu, Deputy Commissioner, today said that as per the restrictions imposed under the Prevention of Defacement Act, nobody would be allowed to deface any public or private property by putting posters , writing on walls, wall paintings or putting up banners etc. without the prior written permission from the owner of the property concerned.

The Deputy Commissioner, in a press statement issued here, said that under the Act, the defacement of the properties, included interfering with the appearance or beauty, damaging, disfiguring, spoiling or injuring in any other way, whatsoever, and the property included any land, building, hut, structure , wall, tree, fence, post, pole or any other installation. Under the Act nobody could be allowed for writing on walls, pasting of posters on the public properties. Similarly, fixing of posters on the power and telephone poles or putting up banners on poles on the roadsides was also not permissible.

According to Mr Sandhu, under the said Act, the violation of these instructions shall be a cognizable offence, punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 6 months or with fine up to Rs 1000 or with both.

The Deputy Commissioner further informed that under the provision of Section 3 of the Act, the government was competent to take such steps as may be necessary for erasing any writing, removing any defacement or any mark from any property. He called upon the general public, particularly people relating to the election campaign of any candidate or party, during the coming election, not to deface any properties by pasting posters and writing slogans etc. or putting up banners without the written permission of the owners of the properties.

Mr Sandhu also issued the instructions for the printers under the Model Code of Conduct of Election Commission of India and asked them to strictly abide by the restrictions imposed under the Representation of the People’s Act, 1951, while publishing pamphlets, handbills and posters etc. relating to the elections.

The printers have been explicitly told that no person shall print any pamphlet without establishing his identity in a declaration signed by him and attested by two persons to whom he is personally known, which should be delivered by him to the printer in duplicate. As per the directions one copy of every printed pamphlet/poster and of the declaration was mandatory to be submitted to the District Magistrate within a reasonable time.

The Deputy Commissioner disclosed that any person found guilty of violating the provisions of law shall be punishable with a term imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine up to Rs 2000 or with both. Mr Sandhu asked the printers to be cautious and not to print any poster or handbill or pamphlet of any candidate or person without completing the required formalities and keep complete record of all the material published during the elections.