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Badal for restoring Punjab’s share in Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Thursday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take effective measures immediately to restore the norms of deputation policy, under which all posts in Chandigarh Administration are to be filled by deputation from Punjab and Haryana in the ratio of 60:40.

Besides, he also sought checking the systematic erosion of Punjab’s share over the past few years.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, copies of which were released to media here, Mr. Badal lamented that lot of erosion had taken place to dilute the role of Punjab in the Chandigarh Administration.

He said even the distribution of departments was to be such so as to reflect the ratio of 60:40 -- 60 per cent departments to be handled by the officers of Punjab Cadre and 40 per cent by Haryana Cadre officers.

Citing the background of entire case, Mr. Badal said that the first Chief Commissioner of Union Territory, Chandigarh was a Punjab Cadre officer.

Subsequently, the Chief Commissioners and now the Advisors to the Administrator was an ex-cadre post which had now been converted into cadre post of IAS of Assam, Goa, Meghalya and other Union Territories (AGMUT) Cadre.

Even with in arrangements, only the post of Chief Commissioner and Advisor to the Administrator was supposed to be handled by an IAS officer of AGMUT cadre.

At least four IAS officers of AGMUT cadre were working in Chandigarh Administration.

Earlier, only the post of IGP was occupied by an IPS officer of AGMUT cadre.

Now, apart from the IGP, two posts of DIGs were also being manned by IPS officers of AGMUT cadre.

The Chief Minister also said that the Departments like Vigilance, Education, Health, Transport, Housing, Local Government, Social Welfare had always been held by the Finance Secretary who was a Punjab Cadre officer.

Over a period of time, these departments have been transferred to the Home Secretary who was now a Haryana Cadre officer. -- PTI

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