Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Saturday approved the ‘terms of reference’ of inquiry entrusted to justice AN Jindal (Retd) of Punjab & Haryana High Court to probe into the allegations relating to purchase and supply of library books for primary and upper primary school through a private supplier and language department, science kits and map masters in the Education Department.
A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s office said that the scope of the ‘terms of reference’ would be to inquire into the purchase/supply of library books for primary and upper-primary schools of the Punjab Government by the private supplier and the language department, the purchase/supply of science kits to the Government schools, to examine into the purchase/supply of map masters in the Government School.
The ambit of inquiry would include the role of any person in these purchases/supply and the inquiry in this regard was to be completed within three months, added the spokesperson.