Stop grants to PAU Ludhiana: SC Commission to Punjab Govt.; PAGAAM hails decision
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in
The Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes today issued an order directing the Punjab Government not to release grants/funds to the Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana until it does not implement the reservation policy of the state Government.
Disclosing this here today the Chairperson of Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes Tajinder Kaur said Dalveer Kumar and others, PAU SC/BC Employees Welfare Association, PAU Campus Ludhiana had complained that the Punjab Agricultural University had not been implemented Punjab Government’s reservation policy in the University since its inception . She said that after that the Commission had sought an action taken report from the PAU. She further said that in an affidavit filed by the Registrar of PAU Dr. R.S. Sidhu said that PAU neither come under Punjab State SC/BC Reservation Policy 2006 nor Clause 1.1.1. of the UGC act.
Tajinder Kaur said that the reservation policy should be implemented in the organisations, which receives grants/funds from the Punjab Government/ Government of India. Therefore, until the Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana does not implement the reservation policy executed by the state government, the funds/grants should not be released to PAU, Ludhiana.
Stop grants to PAU Ludhiana: SC Commission to Punjab Govt.; PAGAAM hails decision. Meanwhile SR Ladhaar IAS Rtd, Incharge PAGAAM Punjab and Chandigarh in a statement said “PAGAAM was continuously perusing the issue with PAU and Govt for implementation of reservation policy for OBCs and SCs in Punjab. The matter was reported to SC commission also for logical end. The Jat dominated PAU is reluctant to give due representation to backward classes including Scs in Punjab. The biggest obstacle is VC of PAU himself. GADVASU is following footsteps of PAU and denying the same reservations to OBC/SCs.”
May 19,2021
