Restore our share in Chandigarh, Badal to PM
In a tough stance on various issues related to the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to restore Punjab’s 60 per cent share of employees in the Union Territory as envisaged in the State Reorganisation Act of 1966. Punjab wants its officers on deputation be given prime posts as was the case in 60s and 70s.
Opposing the creation of the UT cadre at the cost of Punjab employees, Badal has urged the Prime Minister to correct the imbalance created in various government departments because of the creation of the new cadre. As Punjab has been hit because of the creation of UT cadre, Badal has asked the Prime Minister state should be given due share in administrative functions and other spheres in the UT.
There is a feeling in the ruling party circles steadily Punjab’s has been marginalised in the administrative set- up of the UT. Most of the Punjab officers, who go to UT administration on deputation, are given less important posts. Though the post of the SSP of the UT is with Punjab but over the years the SSP’s post has virtually become unimportant because almost all powers in Chandigarh now are vested in the police officer of the rank of the IG, who is from the UT cadre.
Earlier, Punjab’s officer on deputation in the UT used to have a decisive say in the Education Department but it is not so now. All important posts in the Education Department of the Chandigarh are now with the officers, who do not belong to Punjab.
At one stage, even the Union government had planned to post the officer of the UT cadre as SSP at Chandigarh. However, the move was stopped following Badal took up the matter with the Prime Minister and the union home minister. Over the years, several changes in the master plan of the Chandigarh have been made without taking Punjab into confidence. As Punjab has been claiming Chandigarh belonged to it and Haryana is also laying claim over it, no one from the UT administration has bothered to take into confidence the governments of both states while taking vital decision with regard to the future planning of Chandigarh.
At various places green belt has been converted into habitation. Whereas the UT administration has been meddling in the affairs of Punjab such as the development of the periphery in the state zone but no effort has been made by it discuss issues related to Chandigarh with the Punjab government.
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