Wednesday 30 October 2013

HC orders status quo on promotion of lecturers

Chandigarh, October 29
In a significant development affecting the promotions of no less than 400 lecturers in Punjab, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered maintenance of status quo.

The directions by Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa came on a petition filed by Vijay Singh against the State of Punjab and other respondents through counsel Saurabh Arora. He had told the Bench that seniority in masters’ cadre has not been determined till date.


As the issue came up for hearing, Arora told the court that the entire issue pertaining to promotions of masters and mistresses as lecturers only on the basis of date of joining in the masters cadre, without finalising the seniority, was taken up by the Punjab Education Department. A committee, too, was duly constituted.

The committee furnished its recommendations, whereby seniority was to be determined first. Only thereafter, the promotions already made to the post of lecturers were to be reviewed.

Referring to the case in hand, Arora asserted the petitioner working as social studies master was promoted to the post of lecturer (political science) vide order dated May 16, 2012, passed by the Punjab Principal Secretary, School Education Department.

But, he was shown as reverted to the post of master vide impugned order dated September 27.

An inquiry officer has also been appointed to look into the allegations of the petitioner procuring promotion by furnishing wrong facts.

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