Punjab Civil Service officers stick to their stand, deadlock continues

The Punjab authorities held talks with the Punjab Civil Service (PCS) officials, who’re on mass informal depart, on Tuesday however fell brief of finishing their protest that has hit paintings in workplaces throughout the nation. Chief secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua and extra leader secretary to leader minister A Venu Prasad carefully monitored the state of affairs and have been in contact with the affiliation leaders to influence them to go back to paintings, consistent with humans aware about the developments. There have been symptoms and symptoms of progress, however no step forward turned into achieved, until the time of submitting this file. PCS Officers’ Association president Dr Rajat Oberoi showed that negotiations have been held with the pinnacle brass. “There has been a few progress, and we’re hopeful of locating a resolution, however the authorities desires to take a few concrete steps. The officials will now no longer go back to paintings until then,” he stated.

The PCS officials proceeded on a five-day informal depart on Monday to protest in opposition to the arrest of the Regional Transport Authority (RTA), secretary in Ludhiana, Narinder Singh Dhaliwal, via way of means of the vigilance bureau, declaring that the manner unique beneathneath the regulation turned into now no longer followed. They also are annoying on the spotaneously movement in opposition to VB officers who allegedly “framed” PCS officer Tarsem Chand in a fake case and a right preferred running manner (SOP) in topics of enquiries and registration of FIRs. The pinnacle brass gave guarantee to the affiliation leaders on their demands. “We aren’t being rigid and need to stop this deadlock on the earliest,” he stated. Janjua stated he turned into hopeful that they could go back to paintings soon. Revenue officers item to ACS’ commentary

Meanwhile, the Punjab Revenue Officers’ Association (PROA), which has additionally joined the mass informal depart protest, hardened its stance, putting forward that sales officials will now no longer resume responsibilities until references are despatched to PPSC for nomination to PCS. The PROA government committee, at the same time as thanking leader minister Bhagwant Mann for giving a affected person listening to to PCS and sales officials, wondered the declaration of his ACS Venu Prasad withinside the assembly that a reference pending with the CM workplace concerning nomination to PCS officials from Register A-1, given that a month, were cleared, while in fact it turned into despatched returned with positive queries. “Revenue officials have best one promotional road i.e. PCS, and withinside the given quota of fifty four posts for sales officials in PCS, round forty are vacant given that 2016-17,” PROA president Gurdev Singh Dham stated in a declaration on Tuesday, claiming that the commentary harm the sales officials. CS to publish file today, put off irks IAS officials

Chief secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua is possibly to publish his file at the VB case in opposition to IAS officer Neelima and a few officers on Wednesday. The leader minister had on Monday requested the CS to test whether or not the previous sanction turned into taken via way of means of the employer from the nation authorities earlier than reserving the general public servants for permitting the bifurcation of an commercial plot in Mohali and publish his file inside 24 hours.

The VB, however, did now no longer publish the file in time, consistent with sources. The put off has agitated a huge segment of IAS officials, who will now preserve a assembly on Wednesday to determine their subsequent route of movement, and began out accumulating cash to returned the 2008-batch officer in combating the VB case withinside the courtroom docket. Quoting the president of the Punjab IAS Officers’ Association, an IAS officer stated that no assembly of the affiliation has been referred to as so far.

An aide of the leader minister stated that the leader secretary turned into requested to publish the file inside 24 hours. “I am certain it’s going to come tonight,” he stated. Meanwhile, the VB keeps to hold that there has been no want for previous approval withinside the on the spotaneous case and is bringing up some courtroom docket judgments in support. The leader minister had requested the CS to look at the problem after extra than 50 IAS officials at the side of workplace bearers of the Punjab IAS Officers’ Association, met him on Monday to sign up their robust protest in opposition to the FIR registered in opposition to their fellow officer with out following due manner. They stated that the necessary previous approval turned into now no longer taken via way of means of the VB from the ready authority beneathneath Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.