Paper leakage

Sir,

The news of leakage of Bio paper of 10th class of Board of School Education has created a flutter in all segments of society. It is really unfortunate that the incidents of leakage have started happening in the Board, University in other competitive Exams. This reduces the examination system to mockery and makes the position of authorities that be awkward and ludicurous.

These are not the signs of healthy society but a feeble society afflicted with killer tendency to ruin their own progeny. Such leakages become responsible for generating whirlpool of negative forces of frustration and desperation both for the students and the parents.

The management of Board of School Education have to take responsibility for this bizarre incident of leakage. Mere ordering of probe shall not serve any purpose. Probe is required to be concluded at a rapid pace and the culprits need be booked against all odds and the vagaries of the system.

If we deeply ponder over and analyze the problem, we shall arrive at the inference that directly or indirectly tendency to amass extra bucks or extra money, easy money is the root cause of such shameful acts. This is the bankruptcy of our moral treasure and edifice. Alas, we have already deleted all moral books from our syllabus and propelling ourselves towards a way of life bereft of morals. External checks are Okay but moral checks are more effective.

Yours etc...
P C Sharma
Trikuta Nagar
Jammu

Employees woes

Sir,

The step rise in the price of essential commodities is causing a heart burn. Nobody envisaged the steep rise would touch so high that it would have a direct bearing on the day to day lives of the peoples.

Employees form a large and important segment of the masses. In our State there are more than three lakh employee. In usual arithmetic it means that close to two million people are linked to the employees directly and many million indirectly. During the last three months the rise of prices of all goods has risen beyond widest imagination. The cost of rice, wheat, cooking oil has touched record high. Under such a situation it is highly important that the Government should speedily come to the rescue of the employees. At least the Government should release DA instalment which is already due to them. This would to some extent balance the inflation effects that the employees are facing.

Secondly, the Government must rationalise the grade structure of the employees across the board. There are instances where employees who joined later in the service and against an inferior post draw more salaries than employees who joined the service earlier and are working at a senior level. In other words the insitu promotion given to non gazetted employees should be extended to gazetted cadre employee also. The GP Fund rationalisation should be completed by the concerned department at least three months before the retirement of the employee. The employees should be handed over the cheque of GP Fund on the day or within fifteen days of retirement . Otherwise years pass but the G P Fund case remains unsolved and even the retiree dies but the case remain pending.

Yours etc...
Suraj Prakash
Samba

Jammu migrants

Sir,

Migration has been a traffic feature of the militancy in the State. When militancy struck in 1990, the first target was the valley where minority Pandit community was made the first target. They had to leave the valley in a state of despair and which is one of the saddest part of the history of Post Independent India. When the valley was nearly emptied of its minorities the militants turned towards Jammu.

Large scale massacres took place in the remote areas of Doda, Kishtwar, Bhaderwah, Poonch and Rajouri. Large number of people made a beeline towards the lower regions. For the last many years they have been waging a relentless battle against the Government apathy towards their problems. It is a matter of shame that ultimately the courts come to the rescue of the people. In a landmark judgement the High Court has directed the Relief Commissioner to examine the cases of six hundred seventy six migrant families from Poonch and Doda and treat them at par with the Kashmir migrants. This judgement will help these families who have been fighting the battle of survival against heavy odds and against tough situation. But one thing remains unsolved and unanswered why the Government does not listen to the woes of the people till, finally the justice is administered by the courts. Does this mean a good governance? People have a right to ask.

Yours etc...
Rajinder Singh Salathia
Canal Road,
Jammu