EDUCATION

Model School celebrates Golden Jubilee
Our correspondent

Rohtak, March 1
The Deputy Commissioner-cum-Chairman, Model School managing committee, Mr Ashok Yadav, announced an advance increment for the teachers on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the school. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Yadav said the school administration was ready to provide every possible facility to the teachers to improve the teaching standard in this premier institute of the region. He also appealed to the teachers to strive hard for making the school a ‘Model School’ in the real sense.

He appreciated the various programmes performed by the students and said every item had provided a message to the audience.

Bhawuk Garg, a student of Class X, who secured the highest marks in Science subjects in the board examination last year, was awarded the Daljit Singh Memorial Award, established in the memory of late Dr Daljit Singh, an eminent scientist at NASA in USA and a former student of the school.

Bhawuk Garg and Sunil Sheoran, students of Class X were awarded Ms Sushma Khanna Memorial Award for securing highest aggregate marks in the school.

The principal of the school, Dr S. C. Singh, read out the progress report of the school, highlighting the achievements of the old students at national and international levels.

Ms Shailja Yadav gave away the prizes to the winners.

Meanwhile, Lyceum Public School also organised its first annual cultural and prize distribution function. Ms Pritam Siwach, the former captain of the Indian women hockey team, distributed the prizes. Mr Rakesh Chander, principal of the school, read out the progress report of the school. Mr Rohtas Rathi, Convener, National Farmers’ Movement, was the chief guest and Mahant Satish Das presided over the function.

COURTS

HC notice to Delhi govt on nurses’ selection
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 1
The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Delhi Government and Medical Superintendent of Dr B S Ambedkar Hospital on a petition by para-medicos challenging the nurses’ selection process.

A division bench comprising Justices D K Jain and M B Lokur issued notices to Director Health Services, Delhi Staff Services Selection Board Secretary, city’s Health and Family Welfare Secretary and the Medical Superintendent of Dr B S Ambedkar Hospital.

The bench was hearing a petition filed by 30 nurses which claimed among other things that the selection results were declared without preparing a merit list.

Dr Surat Singh and Ms Mamta Rani, representing the nurses, argued that the Delhi Government had advertised posts for 866 staff nurses, of which only 37 were for the general category and 95.7 per cent seats reserved.

The state government’s action was illegal and arbitrary as the Supreme Court in the Mandal Commission case had held that the reservations could not be more than 50 per cent of the total seats, the petitioners claimed.

The nurses had earlier approached the Central Administrative Tribunal, which though deprecating the authorities for declaring the results without even preparing a merit list, yet refused to quash the impugned results.

The petition seeks to get the results declared void and the selection process done in a proper manner.