Chandigarh, August 5: The Punjab Cabinet on Friday decided to recruit 1,337 candidates against 6,060 posts of Teacher Eligibility Test or TET-qualified master cadre teachers, advertised in 2015.
The upper age for fresh recruitment would be 38 years. It was also decided to advertise 4,183 new posts in view of a Supreme Court judgment in this regard.
The Cabinet decided to amend the Punjab Civil Services Rules to allow travelling allowance (TA) for the attendant/escort accompanying government employees with disabilities while on official tour/training.
The Cabinet gave approval to the Government Employees (Conduct) Rules (First Amendment) Rules, 2017, changing the classification of posts from Classes I, II, III and IV to Groups A, B, C and D, respectively.
It also okayed the amended service rules of Group A, B & C employees of the Town and Country Planning Department in the light of its restructuring to facilitate the direct recruitment of employees and officers.
The Cabinet gave the go-ahead to the Health and Family Welfare Technical (Group A) Services Rules-2017 to enable recruitment and promotions to various vacant posts, besides providing more promotion channels to other medical staff.
Farmers’ Commission Act
The Punjab State Farmers’ Commission Act-2017 will be enacted, besides setting up the Punjab State Council for Agricultural Education. The latter is aimed at promoting and coordinating agricultural education in various colleges and institutes in the state.
It also gave the nod to the enactment of the Punjab State Farmers and Farm Labourers’ Commission Act-2017 through an ordinance.
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