JKNPP holds protest outside DSEJ

Harsh appeals CM to order a probe into paid Transfers in Education

29/07/2016

JAMMU, July 28: Alleging large scale irregularities, omissions and commissions in the recent transfers of Masters and Lecturers in Jammu Division, hundreds of Panther Party workers led by Mr. Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and Former Education Minister and Yash Paul Kundal State President Young Panthers today held a massive demonstration outside the office of Director School Education. The protestors raised slogans accusing the Deptt. of indulging in large scale violations of norms, highly whimsical and politicized transfers besides allegations of paid transfers. The protestors raised slogans against the top functionaries of Education Deptt. and sought a high level probe into the transfer scam. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh alleged that the Education Deptt. had thrown all norms and procedures to the winds and effected highly irregular transfers which had created all round condemnation in Jammu region. He expressed his dismay that the transfer list of Masters and Lecturers revealed that dozens of Masters had been transferred against non-existent posts while several others were transferred against posts which were to become available in Dec. 2016 and January 2017. He further pointed out the large scale 'zero' km transfers of Masters in blatant violation of transfer norms which were reported to have been made on monetary considerations which however needed to be investigated. He said that such zero km transfers besides advance bookings for transfers had fully exposed the hollow claims of the Education Deptt. where transfer mafia still ruled the roost. He said the list of transfers of Masters issued last week and available with him indicated that the much trumpeted transfer policy had been blown into smithereens by the reckless officers with no regard whatsoever for the prescribed guidelines.
Making a particular mention of District Udhampur, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh pointed out that when the Masters approached the CEO Udhampur and expressed their indignation over the non consideration of the proposals of transfers finalized in transfer Melas, they were told by the District Education Offices of Udhampur that transfers were issued by the Directorate of School Education without seeking or considering such proposals.
Mr. Singh said that there were several other instances where pre-mature transfer orders had been issued by Director Education without approval of administrative Deptt. which is an essential concomitant of transfer policy thus rendering the whole exercise illegal. Urging upon the Chief Minister to take cognizance of the large scale irregularities in such transfers, Mr. Singh called for a vigilance or STF probe into the whole gamut of transfers.
Mr. Yash Paul Kundal said that not only were the transfers being made allegedly for monetary considerations but the siblings of politicians in the Education Deptt. were being victimized.
Others who spoke on the occasion included Mrs. Manju Singh, Mrs. Kesar Parveen, Dev Singh, Rajesh Padgotra, Sham Gorkha, Pavan Dev Singh, Sagar Dev Singh, Sanjay, Ajeet Sharma, Rajinder Singh, Pushvinder Manhas, Shiv Ram Sharma, Dev Raj Sharma, Kulbir Gupta, Sham Lal Gupta, Koushal Banga thir, Dewan Singh, Madan Sharma, Rashpaul Singh, Arjun Dev Singh, Rakesh Singh, Bodh Raj, Prem Sagar, Uttam Singh.

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