Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has directed the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), ludhiana, to implement reservation policy on all teaching and non-teaching posts.
“PAU has been directed to implement reservation so that the SC category gets the representation due to it in accordance with the Constitution,” said the state SC Commission chairman Rajesh Bagha.
He said that the matter concerning the SC category not getting due reservation in the teaching and non-teaching posts in the university as per the Constitution, was brought to the notice of the Commission. Acting upon the complaints so received, the Commission had summoned the PAU Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar.
“The Commission has directed the university to implement reservation while making recruitments to all the teaching and non-teaching posts. This has been done to ensure that the deserving and meritorious candidates belonging to SC category get the job opportunities,” he said.
Bagha further said that the university has also been directed to implement roster system in every cadre and the roster register regarding officers and employees of each department be prepared and maintained with precision like accuracy.
It would ensure the recruitment and promotion of officers and employees to be carried out as per the rules, he said.
Bagha said that the Commission has also ordered the varsity to effectively carry out implementation of Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme in the government colleges affiliated to it.
This scheme would help the SC candidates from economically poor families to get educational opportunities, he said.