Two teachers suspended for hiring8217; replacements

The panchayats of the villages of Kachhvi, Jalbehra, Alipur, Isharheri and Alipur Wazir Sahib yesterday raised the issue of vacant posts of teachers in government schools at the sangat darshan presided over by Deputy Commissioner Jasbir Singh at Maghar Sahib village. Senior officers of the district, including Senior Superintendent of Police Harpreet Singh Sidhu, were present on the occasion.

The sarpanches of these villages suggested that teachers who belonged from this block alone be posted in government schools so that they did not have the tendency to have themselves transferred to towns and cities. Some sarpanches also suggested that the panchayats be authorised to appoint teachers on contract so that teachers from these villages itself could be engaged in the work of teaching children.

These sarpanches pointed out that there was increasing tendency among government school teachers to quot;hirequot; teachers at any amount between Rs 400 to Rs 500 to work in their place. The DC directed the District Education Officer to take appropriate action in this matter.

Sarpanches of the area pointed out that three PEPSU Road Transport Corporation buses plying between Patiala and Maghar Sahib village were not operating for the past two years. This was causing a lot of inconvenience to the villagers of the area as the buses touched only Devigarh and did not go up to Maghar Sahib. Even private buses which used to ply on this route had stopped operating. A number of aged persons on this occasion pointed out that they had to make repeated trips to banks to get their old-age pension. The DC asked the bank officers to ensure that the old were attended to on a priority basis when they visited banks. Some sarpanches suggested that pension to the old be distributed at the village level through the staff of the Revenue Department on the Haryana pattern.