Punjab government on Tuesday got a shot in the arm when the Election Commission of India accepted its plea to allow submission of the report of 5th Punjab Pay Commission to the Government and its processing by the State Government.
A spokesman of Punjab Chief Electoral Officer Kusumjit Sidhu said that the ECI had reviewed the request of Punjab government in the light of new facts placed before it and state government was allowed to accept the Pay Panel report. Punjab Government has now conveyed to Chairman of the Pay Commission to submit its report immediately.
The Commission, which has completed its report, needed the Election Commission of India's permission to present the same to the state government in view of the model code conduct having been enforced due to coming Lok Sabha polls. The Punjab government had contended that the Pay Commission had already finalized the report as per the terms of reference issued by the state government on March 3, 2008 and the commission was asked to submit its report within a year by March 31, 2009.
The ECI had earlier on April 11 declined to give permission to pay commission to present its report on the request by Punjab made on April 6. Hoiwever on April 12 Punjab government sent a fresh request to ECI to review the earlier decision in the light of permission granted to Chhatisgarh state to implement the Pay Commission report.
The Punjab Government had established the 5th Pay Commission on December 19, 2006 and issued its terms of reference on March 3, 2008, which included inter-alia the submission of its report within one year.
The government employees were annoyed with the Punjab Government for delay in the implementation of pay commission report and it was conceived that delay is deliberate. Punjab government a day before implementation of code of conduct had in a cabinet meeting passed resolution to accept the pay commission report.
With ECI nod to Punjab government to go ahead with the pay commission report, the ruling alliance of SAD-BJP had felt a sigh of relief. A spokesman of the state government has said that they will proceed according to election commission's permission.
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Punjab Congress welcomes Election commission’s decision on Pay Commission
Punjab Congress on Tuesday welcomed the decision of Election commission for allowing the 5th pay commission, constituted by previous the congress government, to submit its report to Punjab government.
The working president of Punjab Pardesh Congress Committee Lal Singh said that he, immediately after taking the charge of party post on Sunday, has appealed Election Commission of India to reconsider its refusal on the submission of the fifth Punjab Pay Commission report.
Lal Singh said that Congress has always been supporting the state employees and has worked for their betterment both as a ruling party and in Opposition.
He said that the Fifth Pay Commission led by SK Tuteja, was constituted in September 2006 by previous Congress government headed by Capt. Amarinder Singh.
source : Punjabnewsline.com
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