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Ludhiana | SAD councillors raise doubts over lists of contractual employees
During the meeting, held in the presence of district SAD president Harbhajan Singh Dang and leader of opposition in MC house Jaspal Giaspura, SAD councillors raised doubts even on the revised lists of contractual employees, which have to be regularised by the Ludhiana MC
With the municipal corporation (MC) General House meeting scheduled on October 4 and mayor Balkar Sandhu expected to conduct an all-party meeting on October 3, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) councillors conducted a meeting on Sunday to discuss their strategy for the meetings.
During the meeting, held in the presence of district SAD president Harbhajan Singh Dang and leader of opposition in MC house Jaspal Giaspura, SAD councillors raised doubts even on the revised lists of contractual employees, which have to be regularised by the MC.
Both, Dang and Giaspura, said after the house raised hue and cry over the inclusion of “dead and long-absent employees” in the lists of employees to be regularised, during a meeting held in July, 88 dead, absent or non-working employees have been found in the list by the inquiry committee.
Deny signing final report of reverified lists
They said action should be taken against the officials who included these names in the lists initially. Further, the two councillors who were part of the committee to reverify the lists denied signing the final report. They will also question the same in the House meeting.
There are many other issues which would be raised in the house meeting, said Dang.
Councillors oppose resolution to make building branch clearance mandatory for TS1 certificate
SAD councillors also opposed the resolution to make the clearance of building branch mandatory for obtaining TS1 certificate (no-objection certificate) from the MC. They said this would lead to delay in issuing TS1 certificates and the public would face harassment.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillors are also expected to submit a memorandum with MC commissioner Shena Aggarwal on Monday, asking the authorities to roll back the resolution.
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