JAC office-bearers meet Rakhra

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, 25 December

A delegation of the office- bearers of the Joint Action/Coordination Committee of Principal Federation, Punjab, and Chandigarh College Teachers’ Union and Punjab and Chandigarh College Non-Teaching Employees Union of three universities today met S Surjit Singh Rakhra, Minister for Higher Education, Punjab, at Patiala, to discuss the problems of teaching, non-teaching staff, principals and issues of pending salary grants and also gave him a charter of demands.

The JAC members expressed gratitude for the minister’s gesture. They also reiterated their stand on going ahead with the state rallies planned earlier, in the interests of higher education.

Rakhra gave a 40-minute patient hearing to the delegation, comprising principal Dr BB Sharma, president, Dr Naresh Kumar Dhiman, vice-president Dr Sarita Verma, secretary, among others.

The minister assured the JAC delegation of a meeting with secretary, higher education and the staff concerned with the JAC at Chandigarh, in his presence to solve all pending issues in the first week of January 2015. If need be, he also assured to arrange a meeting with CM Parkash Singh Badal and office-bearers of the JAC in the last week of January 2015 to resolve all pending issues related to teaching, non-teaching staff and principals including regularisation and immediate release of the up-to-date salary grants and restoration of House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Medical Allowance (MA).