- On duty enquiry of suspended conductor to be completed within three days
- Review to be held on employees transferred from ferozepur to patti within seven days
- Pending demands of employees to be discussed on December 12
Chandigarh: On the directions of the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the Transport department has accepted the major demands of the Punjab Roadways, PUNBUS/ PRTC Contract workers union of the state.
A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting held here at the Chief Minister’s Office on Monday. Additional Principal Secretary to CM Himanshu Jain and Director State Transport Amandeep Kaur had detailed parleys with a delegation of union comprising State President Resham Singh, Shamsher Singh Dhillon, Harkesh Kumar, Jagtar Singh and Daljeet Singh.
It was decided in the meeting that on duty enquiry against suspended conductor Pritpal Singh will be done in a time bound manner and will be completed within three days. The union had been demanding a time bound enquiry into the matter which was accepted by the state government.
Likewise, the Director State Transport also gave her nod to review the transfers of employees from Ferozepur to Patti within seven days as per the rules of the department. During the meeting the other pending demands of the state employees were also deliberated upon and were noted by the officers for further action. The officers assured the delegation that the senior officers of the state government will be apprised about the genuine demands of the union. They said that these demands will be considered sympathetically for which a meeting will be held again on December 12, 2022.