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217 applications received at Education Adalat disposed of

DHARWAD: As many as 217 applications of the 268 applications received at the Education Adalat held during October and November have been disposed of, Regional Commissioner of Public Instruction A.K. Monnappa has said. He was speaking at the Education Adalat covering eight districts coming under the Dharwad Regional Commissionerate held at the District Institute of Education Training (DIET) here on Wednesday.

As many as 234 applications were received during the district-level “Education Adalats”, out of which 122 applications were disposed of, while 112 applications were still pending, he said. He directed the DDPIs to hold “adalats” at the taluk level and take steps to solve the problems immediately.

Earlier, he received 125 applications from teachers of eight districts. He told the teachers that steps would be taken immediately at the regional commissionerate level and those requiring intervention by the Government would be forwarded to senior officials. Applications related to pension, confusion over reservation, misuse of power, health problems of teachers, appointment of non-teaching staff, disbursement of salary, differences among management boards of aided institutions and other issues were submitted during the adalat.

Deputy Secretary of Department of Primary and Secondary Education C. Basavaraj, Under Secretary M.M. Hiremath, Director of Department of Education M.H. Sherief and Joint Director M.S. Patil heard the grievances of teachers and representatives of School Development Monitoring Committees during the adalat.

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