Punjab News

Frequent man should not endure

Everybody has the best to push for one’s demand. Nevertheless, holding a strike shouldn’t be the one approach to take action. Due to their designation and position, the presence of PCS officers within the workplace is important to make sure the sleek functioning of their departments. Wanting on the inconvenience confronted by the widespread man, the strike appears anti-social, because it solely provides to their hassle. The widespread man should not endure.

Navjeet Kaur

Officers should assist in checking corruption

The strike by the PCS officers was not justified. I welcome the choice taken by the federal government. It’s the precedence of the state authorities to rid the state of corruption. Quite than holding strikes, the PCS officers must also assist in checking the evil of corruption. An enormous revolution is required to assist the state develop. If the departments work with concord, and never discord, it should end in easy functioning of all sections of the federal government.

Jasleen Kaur

CM’s response has set a great precedent

The swift and studied motion by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was unprecedented, however achieved the purpose. All of the placing officers realised that their knee-jerk determination to defend a perpetrator was stalling administrative work. The precept of ‘No work, no pay‘ might have been utilized on this case. It looks like CM Mann has learnt shun politics. I feel that he has set a great precedent. Wanting again, a strike or a ‘hartal’ was a authorized provision in factories and there was a rigorous process for occurring a hartal. However over time, that software has been misued and overused. Nevertheless, there are occasions when it’s justified to carry a strike.

Prof Mohan Singh

Officers’ transfer to carry strike was flawed

The strike by the PCS officers was completely unjustified, as the federal government was proper to take motion in opposition to some corrupt officers. Corruption can by no means be weeded out if the federal government doesn’t act robust. The PCS officers’ determination to carry a strike was flawed and uncalled for. They need to not have held a strike because the widespread man needed to bear the brunt of the strike. Had the CM not acted in time and issued a warning to the agitators, they might not have referred to as off the stir.

Sanjay Chawla

Ought to’ve exhausted different means

Over time, barring some excellent particular person authorities functionaries, the system has grow to be corrupt. So, in such a system of corrupt governance, no cadre can stay sacrosanct, be it the PCS or the IAS. It’s for the prosecuting company to see if prima facie, a case of prison culpability is made out or not and the judiciary is there to guard the rights of a person. The specter of a strike, with out first exhausting different means, can’t be justified. The strike by the PCS officers was not justified and thus, it fizzled out after only one critical menace by the federal government. Each PCS and IAS officers must work lengthy hours. The PCS officers can’t make up for his or her absence at work by simply engaged on the weekend.

SS Sandhu

Officers should act responsibly

PCS officers occurring mass go away to protest in opposition to the arrest of a colleague who was apprehended by the Vigilance Bureau in reference to a corruption case shouldn’t be justified. The PCS officers’ strike defending the corrupt colleague, means that they’re behind him. Not solely that, it additionally signifies that they’re okay with the observe of corruption. Do these protesting PCS officers realise how a lot inconvenience was brought on to individuals who had confirmed up at their district headquarters for some work? It’s surprising that even clerical employees members throughout the Deputy Commissioner’s places of work and income officers had gone on a five-day mass informal go away in assist of the PCS officers. If there was a dispute between the federal government and the PCS officers, why ought to the widespread man pay the worth? If only one PCS officer has been arrested for corruption, how can the complete employees be allowed to go on go away? We should let the regulation take its course. The widespread man should not be harassed. PCS officers are supposed to serve the individuals. They need to behave like accountable officers. The ultimatum issued by CM Bhagwant Mann appears to have prompted the protesting PCS officers to renew their duties.

Dr SK Singh

Frequent man shouldn’t be inconvenienced

The widespread man needed to face numerous inconvenience due to the strike. When the state authorities took under consideration the issues public confronted, the federal government acquired them to return to the workplace and resume their duties. It appears that evidently some unions weaponise strikes or dharnas to pressurise the federal government into fulfilling their calls for. Some unions are proper to battle for public causes. For instance, the farmer unions that are at all times fast to take a stand on agricultural points. In one other case, some unions went on a strike to have a wine manufacturing unit in Zira shut down. However occurring a strike over minor points units a harmful precedent. Union members should suppose earlier than occurring a strike. The protesters ought to maintain talks with the state authorities with the intention to resolve the difficulty. The federal government must also attempt to encourage their staff and such unions to undertake a peaceable approach of protest.

Sucha Sagar

Such motion uncalled for from officers

The current statewide strike by PCS officers was uncalled for. The job of PCS officers is public-oriented, and as a consequence of a high-level of illiteracy in our nation, individuals want their assist in resolving their issues. Furthermore, many should not conscious of public insurance policies and legal guidelines. In such a state of affairs, Punjab wants devoted PCS officers who ought to work constantly. Furthermore, the rank of a PCS officer is extremely respectable and therefore individuals don’t count on strikes from them. Sure, there are already devoted PCS officers who along with their workplace work, additionally discuss straight at individuals’s boards. In case of any real downside of such officers, they have already got their unions that ought to work in tandem with the federal government frequently and resolve all pending points by way of a dialogue with the federal government.

Harvinder Singh Chugh

Mann’s order reveals officers had been flawed

If a PCS officer in Ludhiana was caught by the Vigilance Bureau on a cost of corruption, why did the others go on strike? The Vigilance Bureau has a proper to arrest any officer. Vigilance sleuths should have acquired some dependable details about the officer involved in order that they apprehended him. Even when for a second we assume the arrest was unjustified, how can we justify the response of senior officers, who put individuals at massive at inconvenience? Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s warning to them solely signifies that they had been flawed in taking the choice to strike work. All such strikes by officers and employees of any division solely hassle most of the people. Even just lately ambulance drivers had been on strike, which brought on inconvenience to sufferers as a lot of them couldn’t get well timed medical assist. Democracy permits strikes however stress techniques to carry the state to ransom.

Dr JS Wadhwa

Clear up all issues by way of talks solely

Greater than 30,000 civil servants, together with these working within the Income and Customs Division, went on a strike over sure points pertaining to — wage, pension and job safety. In accordance with them, arduous workings members of their fraternity are fed up and offended on the approach wherein they’re being handled by the federal government. They alleged that the federal government was taking them without any consideration. They went on a mass go away to protest the arrest of a fellow official. It’s a very unusual behaviour by them to guard an alleged corrupt colleague utilizing arm-twisting techniques and pressuring the federal government to not take any motion. However this time the federal government took a agency stand and didn’t budge. The CM issued a warning to name off their strike and resume their duties. It’s a huge transfer in opposition to corruption. The strike needs to be the final possibility as a result of ultimately it’s the widespread man who suffers. Issues needs to be solved by way of dialogue.

SHASHI KIRAN

Officers don’t have any proper to inconvenience public

In a democratic set-up each citizen has the best to protest. However the protest needs to be symbolic somewhat than a supply of inconvenience to the general public. In the course of the agitation in opposition to the farm regulation Acts, farmers blocked the roads and rail tracks, and the sufferer was the widespread man. Equally, PCS officers in Punjab had some grievances in opposition to the federal government, and so they just lately went on a mass go away. As a result of strike, the work of most of the people was delayed. If the PCS officers had grievances, they might have taken up the matter with the competent authorities, which might have taken the difficulty significantly and located an amicable answer. Viewing the inconvenience confronted by most of the people, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann needed to subject an order warning the PCS officers of strict motion. Following which, the PCS officers resumed their obligation. The PCS Officers with the intention to clear their backlog even labored on Saturday and Sunday. The strike by the Class-I officers create inconvenience to most of the people. It’s going to auger nicely if the federal government staff working in varied departments earlier than continuing on mass go away/strike ought to increase their points with competent authorities in order that an amicable answer could possibly be discovered with out placing the widespread man at inconvenience.

Rajat Kumar Mohindru

Picture of PCS officers has taken a success

There are nice expectations from the officers engaged in public service. Nevertheless, it’s unusual that senior public servants of the Punjab Civil Providers just lately most popular to go on mass informal go away in assist of ‘tainted officers’ arrested by the State Vigilance Bureau. In utter disregard of public comfort, many others joined their agitation, creating chaos on roads and places of work by recurring blockades and protests. When delinquent officers didn’t relent to honest probe assurances, the Chief Minister needed to subject strict orders that aired out a message for all to grasp that the obligation and obligations got here first whereas claiming rights and different liberties. In a democratic set-up, administrative officers are considered honoured public servants. They’re anticipated to discharge duties actually and effectively in accordance with the principles and insurance policies so that individuals get honest and neutral companies with out disruption of any kinds. IAS and PCS officers are held in excessive esteem owing to coveted place and bureaucratic powers vested with them, however this illogical stir shielding a colleague concerned in graft costs has severely dented their status!

Nirmaljit Singh Chatrath

Protest opposite to Officers’ oath to work

Apparently, the strike by PCS officers was not justified as their foremost obligation is to serve the residents, and such strikes grow to be an epitome of abdication on their half and are opposite to their work commitments or decorum! The repercussion — working weekend resulted in a extra tedious, hectic, uphill work schedule for them, in addition to hampering the sleek functioning of their respective departments and well timed completion of requisite assignments and a delay in gratification of public wants.

Anshika Kohli

QUESTION

Academics of aided faculties are up in arms in opposition to a current notification of the state authorities that reduces their retirement age from 60 to 58. This has come at a time when school academics have lengthy been demanding to extend their retirement age to 65, as per the UGC norms. What needs to be the perfect age for faculty academics to retire?

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