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EDUCATION

Jacob finds ITI in awful state
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 13
Obsolete machinery and equipment in the workshop, instructors as well as students knowing little about their subjects, equipment lying packed and unused in the almirahs, were some of the observations during the surprise visit of the UT Administrator, Lieut-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd) to the Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Sector 28, this morning.

Accompanied by the Director Technical Education, Mr Vivek Atray, the Administrator reached the ITI without any notice. The teachers and students were stunned to see General Jacob on the premises. They started running inside their respective classes on seeing the Administrator.

General Jacob went to the workshops. The students of printing technology were waiting for their instructor. The Administrator was surprised to know that hand-composing was still being taught as one-year certificate course in the ITI. He said in the era of modern printing technology, we should not waste time for such an obsolete discipline.

General Jacob asked Director Technical Education to take steps to introduce new courses in offset, digital and other modern printing technologies. In the carpentry workshop, rickety awful benches made by the students greeted the Administrator. When asked about various types of joints, no student could answer. General Jacob said that he would come again after three months and in the meantime students will themselves make furniture for their workshop.

In the mechanical workshop, the Administrator was surprised to see obsolete unserviceable lathes. He asked the Director to take steps to dispose off obsolete machinery at the earliest and introduce modern machinery in the interest of the students.

Some students complained about poor bus service from the local bus stand to ITI. General Jacob asked the Director to coordinate with General Manager, CTU, to improve the bus service. In the plumbing workshop, there were hardly any tools available for the students. The instructor himself was not very conversant about the basics of plumbing.

General Jacob noticed that most of the students of ITI were not in proper uniform. The Administrator asked the Principal to improve the discipline and punctuality in the institute. The Principal should initiate steps to dispose off obsolete machinery, improve cleanliness on the campus and start new courses according to the needs of the industry.

It was the first visit of General Jacob to the ITI.

COURTS

HIGH COURT
Interviews for BDPOs allowed, not result
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 13
Issuing notice of motion to the state of Punjab and other respondents, a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today ordered that the interviews for filling the post of Block Development and Panchayat Officers may go on but the final result will not be published.

In his petition taken up by the Bench, comprising Mr Justice N.K. Sodhi and Mr Justice Jasbir Singh, Mr Tej Partap Singh Bajwa had sought directions to the respondents against holding the interviews scheduled for February 14. He had alleged that neither was the result of the main examination published in the leading newspapers, nor were the candidates intimated. His counsel had added that the entire process was carried out in a hasty manner by Chairman of the Punjab Public Service Commission due to mala fide reasons.

Giving details, he had added that the Chairman had tried to act in a biased manner towards certain candidates. He had claimed that an advertisement for filling up 16 posts of BDPOs was advertised in November last year.

Not all second complaints barred

The High Court, in a significant judgement, today ruled that a second complaint filed before the court by an aggrieved party was maintainable if the dismissal of the first one was not just and fair or did not lead to acquittal or discharge of the accused.

Pronouncing the orders, Mr Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel ruled: “If the dismissal of the earlier complaint has the effect of acquittal or discharge, a second complaint will be barred. A second complaint will also be barred if the dismissal in default of the earlier complaint was just and fair”.

The petitioner, a Faridabad-based firm had contended that the first complaint was dismissed due to non-appearance of the complainant.

Costs imposed for concealing facts

Coming down heavily on a Ludhiana resident for concealing facts in a case, Mr Justice S.S. Nijjar of the High Court today imposed costs of Rs 10,000.

Delivering the verdict, Mr Justice Nijjar ruled: “A perusal of the facts clearly indicates that the revision petition has not been candid with the court. He has, in fact, also not been candid with the executing court. The orders of stay passed by the appellate court were not brought to the notice of the executing court while seeking the warrants of possession.... Having filed a revision petition and having failed to obtain interim relief, the petitioner chose a novel method of having the order recalled by the executing court itself. I am of the considered opinion that such litigants disentitle themselves from any discretionary relief as they fail to disclose to the court all the facts necessary for a fair adjudication of the case”.

The Judge concluded: “It is not sufficient that the cases filed by these kind of litigants be dismissed but it also necessary that the proceedings initiated by such litigants are put to an end or are ended by putting on record the displeasure of the court. The present revision petition is dismissed with costs quantified at Rs 10,000”.

Principal’s transfer quashed

Allowing a petition filed by a school principal, a Division Bench of the High Court on Wednesday quashed the orders directing his transfer in the fag-end of her service career.

In a ruling on a petition filed by Ms Sharda Puri, the Bench, comprising Mr Justice Swatanter Kumar and Mr Justice Mehtab Singh Gill, ruled: “We allow this petition as the transfer order does not patently give any plausible reason for transferring the petitioner at the fag-end of his service career. We quash the orders and direct the state of Haryana and other respondents to pass an order afresh if compelled by circumstances and is permitted in view of the guidelines issued by the state”.

CULTURE

Mime artistes impress
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 13
Sometimes the power of words falls flat. All that remains between the viewer and the performer is expression, powerful enough to compensate for absence of words. And when the performance comes from the hands of artistes of the order of Frederic Herrera and Christopher Traineau, splendour is ought to flow.

And it exactly did at Bal Bhavan, which was the venue of Achille et la tortue (the hare and the tortoise), a mime show by the two accomplished artistes. The 50-minute show was all about the finesse of a form of art which aptly dispenses with words. It was laced with humour, basic to the story and it finally took the form of a musical comedy which aimed to blend the techniques of both mime and circus.

Trained in mime by the famous marcel Marceau, Frederic Herrera repeated his success in the city. His accomplice added grace to the technical performance session. Interpreting the world-famous fable of the hare and the tortoise, the two artistes brought alive the theme of the story. In the setting of competition and sport, the mime artistes exhibited amazing control over their bodies and won a tremendous applause.

Prior to today’s show Frederic also conducted a workshop in mime. Trained in mime from the Central American Mime School, Frederic was also offered the French Government’s scholarship in mime to study the same at the school of great pantomime artiste master Marcel Marceau.

He graduated in 1989 and later completed his education in the Etienne Decroux’s Assistant’s School of Corporal Mime in Paris. Among his various creations are The thieves of the pearl, w classical white pantomime solo, The burrow, a contemporary mime and dance dramatic duo, The four elements of nature, the first series of mime and body painting experimental pieces, The toy and the frog was singing under the rain.

He was joined by Christopher in holding a mime workshop at Alliance Franchise.