Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, who also heads the Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted to resolve employees' issues, on Wednesday held a series of meetings here with representatives of ten education sector unions alongside the Thermal Plant Karamchari Sangh of the Power Department.
During the discussions, Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema deliberated on the various issues and demands raised by the employee unions, assuring them of an early and sympathetic resolution of all legitimate grievances. The primary demands raised by the Education Department unions pertained to fresh recruitment drives, transfers and revision of pay structures.
Harpal Singh Cheema reassured the employee representatives, “The Bhagwant Mann Government has already set the teacher recruitment process in motion, and advertisements inviting applications will be released shortly.”
He directed Education Department officials to complete all necessary procedures without delay and instructed that matters requiring Cabinet approval be forwarded expeditiously.
Addressing the issue of recruitment backlogs, Harpal Singh Cheema directed the Education Department to convene a joint meeting with senior officials from the Departments of Social Security, Sports, Defence Services Welfare and Personnel to find a prompt resolution to the pending matters.
In a separate discussion with delegates of the Thermal Plant Karamchari Sangh, Harpal Singh Cheema directed Power Department authorities to address their legitimate demands at the earliest.
The meetings witnessed representation from numerous union leaders who tabled their respective demands. The attendees included Lakhvir Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Manjit Singh, and Satnam Singh representing the Berozgar Special Educator Front; Jaswant Pannu, Beant Singh, Kapoor Singh, and Inderjit Handa representing the Special Cadre Teacher Front; Kulwinder Singh Kataria, Bhagwant Singh, Kuldeep Singh, and Harmesh Kataria representing the Head Master Association (PES-II); Jaswant Rai, Patwant Singh, Dilpreet Singh Bhinder, and Pradeep Kumar representing the Sarkari School Laboratory Staff Union; Ashok Bawa, Lakhwinder Singh, Raj Kumar, and Sarabjit Nidhana representing the ETT TET Pass 5994 Backlog Adhyapak Union; Kuldeep Singh, Rajinder Singh Sandha, Jagseer Singh, Vikas Kumar, and Varun Jain representing the Daftari Karamchari Union; Harjit Singh Sandhu, Nardeep Sharma, Anil Airy, Kulwinder Singh, and Kuldeep Kaur representing the Computer Teachers Union; Lakhvir Singh, Mandeep Singh, and Lakhbir Singh representing the United Physical Education; Jaswant Singh, Nachhatar Singh, Kuldeep Singh, and Harpreet Singh representing the Berozgar B.Ed TET Pass Adhyapak Union; Ranjit Singh, Bhupinder Singh, and Gurjit Singh representing the NSQF Vocational Teachers Front; alongside Bhagwan Singh, Harpreet Singh, and Ajit Singh representing the Thermal Plant Karamchari Sangh.
