Chandigarh, January 14
In an embarrassment for the Punjab Government, Gurpal Singh today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging that he was posted as the Punjab State University Textbook Board director on the date of his joining as the Director Public Instructions (Colleges) even though he was ineligible to hold the post.
In his petition placed before Justice Rajesh Bindal, Gurpal Singh asserted he did not possess the essential qualification of MA in Punjabi and he had done M.Sc. and M.Phil in Physics.
Taking up the matter, Justice Bindal issued a notice for January 17. Challenging the order dated January 10, Gurpal added he was illegally and without jurisdiction posted from the college cadre post of Director Public Instructions to the post of Textbook Board director. The new posting, he added, was outside college cadre service and “in a non-government office”.
Gurpal added he had never applied for the post of the board's director. His appointment was made without request or consent and also without any complaint against his work and conduct.
“The order has been passed without jurisdiction by an incompetent authority, without any decision being taken by the board to appoint him as its director. The petitioner, in any case, cannot be appointed the board director even as per the Article of Association of the Board and the duties of this post are absolutely different from that of DPI (Colleges),” it was insisted.
Going into the background of the issue, he said the departmental promotion committee met on July 22 last year and a panel of five was considered for promotion to the post of DPI. Only the petitioner was found eligible for promotion and so only his name was recommended for the post.
Gurpal said he was promoted as DPI vide order dated January 8 and submitted his joining report on January 10 and assumed charge the same day. “To his utter shock and surprise, on the same day, he was posted from the post of DPI as the board director in public interest without the grant of travelling and dearness allowance," the petition stated.
In an embarrassment for the Punjab Government, Gurpal Singh today moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging that he was posted as the Punjab State University Textbook Board director on the date of his joining as the Director Public Instructions (Colleges) even though he was ineligible to hold the post.
In his petition placed before Justice Rajesh Bindal, Gurpal Singh asserted he did not possess the essential qualification of MA in Punjabi and he had done M.Sc. and M.Phil in Physics.
Taking up the matter, Justice Bindal issued a notice for January 17. Challenging the order dated January 10, Gurpal added he was illegally and without jurisdiction posted from the college cadre post of Director Public Instructions to the post of Textbook Board director. The new posting, he added, was outside college cadre service and “in a non-government office”.
Gurpal added he had never applied for the post of the board's director. His appointment was made without request or consent and also without any complaint against his work and conduct.
“The order has been passed without jurisdiction by an incompetent authority, without any decision being taken by the board to appoint him as its director. The petitioner, in any case, cannot be appointed the board director even as per the Article of Association of the Board and the duties of this post are absolutely different from that of DPI (Colleges),” it was insisted.
Going into the background of the issue, he said the departmental promotion committee met on July 22 last year and a panel of five was considered for promotion to the post of DPI. Only the petitioner was found eligible for promotion and so only his name was recommended for the post.
Gurpal said he was promoted as DPI vide order dated January 8 and submitted his joining report on January 10 and assumed charge the same day. “To his utter shock and surprise, on the same day, he was posted from the post of DPI as the board director in public interest without the grant of travelling and dearness allowance," the petition stated.
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