Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema met 15 employee unions to address salary, pension, and service regularization issues under the Cabinet Sub-Committee.

Demployee organizations, including seven from the Education Department, as well as unions from the Water Supply and Health Departments and joint organizations representing the interests of all employees, such as the Purani Pension Bahal Sangharsh Committee and the Theka Mulazam Sangharsh Morcha, held extensive meetings with Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, who is also the Chairman of the Cabinet Sub-Committee established to resolve employee issues.

The approximately five-hour-long discussions were held in order to fully address their concerns and desires and come up with suitable solutions. Unions’ primary issues with the Education Department were irregularities in seniority and compensation, regularization of services, and the prompt administration of the Punjab State Teachers Eligibility Test (PSTET).

The Education Department has been instructed by Finance Minister Cheema to forward concerns about pay and seniority irregularities to the Anomaly Committee. He also gave them instructions to work with the Finance Department, the Department of Personnel, and the Advocate General’s office to expedite the resolution of issues pertaining to regularization of services and other service-related concerns. He also made it quite clear that the PSTET should be conducted as soon as possible.

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In the meetings with groups like the Purani Pension Bahal Sangharsh Committee, the Gram Panchayat Jal Supply Pump Operators Association, the Theka Mulazam Sangharsh Morcha, the Contract Multipurpose Health Worker Female Union, and the United Nurses Association of Punjab, the Finance Minister listened to the issues in detail. In order to address the problems that could be handled at the departmental level, he promptly gave the senior officials of the relevant departments instructions. When it came to issues that had financial ramifications, the Finance Minister reassured the union leaders that the government was already taking many of their requests into consideration.

Union representatives Balihar Singh, Hakam Singh, Jaspreet Singh from Theka Mulazam Union; Jasvir Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Vikramjeet Singh from Purani Pension Bahal Sangharsh Committee; Kuldeep Singh, Parveen Kumar and Jagmohan Singh from Sarv Samagra Sikhya Abhian (Mid Day Meal) Daftri Karamchari Union; Rahul Kamboj, Jaswinder Singh and Harjeet Kaur from PSTET Union, Ranjit Singh, Rajesh Kumar and Onkar Singh from ETT Adhiyapak Union; Gurpreet Singh, Surinder Pal Singh, Parampal Singh from Punjab Sikhya Vibhag Manisterial Staff Association; Samarjeet Singh, Sukhdeep Singh, Harmal Singh from TET Pass Kachhe Adhiyapak Union; Tajinder Kaur, Tajinder Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur, Kirandeep Kaur from AIE Kachhe Adhiyapak Union; Beant Singh, Bohar Singh, Mehar Singh from Gram Panchayat Jal Supply Pump Operators Association; Sarabjit Kaur, Amrik Singh from Contract Multipurpose Health Worker Female Union; Arati Bali, Harwinder Singh, Baljeet Singh from United Nurses Association of Punjab and their colleagues presented their demands and issues during the meetings.