Edu. Deptt. must apply its mind to dispose of pending cases to avoid litigation – Need to call for cost-analysis benefit before filing a case
Promotion of Master Cadre of English subject
Edu. Deptt. must apply its mind to dispose of pending cases to avoid litigation – Need to call for cost-analysis benefit before filing a case
Ferozepur, October 25, 2016: The Punjab Education Department – which is already in the headlines now a day due to litigation in hundreds of cases and has put a big question mark on its working – must learn a lesson from the the recent decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to revert 168 PES Group A cadre officials and simultaneously promotion of 255 officials, said a spokesman of ETT teachers waiting for promotion to Master Cadre.
Added here, more than 30 m cases are pending in various courts across the country, government a party in half of these cases. The Law Ministry proposes to reduce from 15 to three years time taken to dispose of cases involvement government whereas a national legal mission to suggest ways to avoid frivolous litigation, broader reforms. Typically, on an average it takes 15 years for such cases to be settled, a big drain on resources and in the instant case of 1995 petition, it took more than two decades to arrive at a decision.
One of the government officials was of the view that there is a need to call for cost-analysis benefit before filing a case or pleading in the court.
The reflection of fear of the could be seen when the education department issued overnight orders for reversion of Principals, DEOs, CEOs under directions of High Court were issued well before the appearance in the court in the case pending since 1995.
Kuwhal Singhi, Convener of Association for English Teaching Punjab speaking to the media persons shared that during the last month, High Court has put a ban on the promotions of Master Cadre of English subject in the civil writ petition of Kavita Rani and others.
Sources said that despite stay by the court, the Education Secretary has given the indication of promotion of Master cadre of different subjects in the meeting with the various unions. No doubt, the DPI Secondary has asked for the pending cases but it is alleged that the education department instead of giving a suitable reply to the High Court for ignoring the English subject, is in a hurry to give promotion before the introduction of Mode of Code of Conduct for the elections due in early 2017.
Harpinder Singh Moga, State leader of the Association giving a warning to the government said that in case the Education Department, in violation of the High Court orders issue promotion orders of Science and Math subject teachers then the aspirants for teaching English subject, by virtue of their qualification and experience, in whole of the state would resort to agitation besides moving to the court of law.
