CHANDIGARH, Nov 18: Making an exception to the State Government’s existing ‘Policy of Appointments of Honour and Gratitude’, the Punjab Cabinet today okayed amendment to rules to provide jobs in the State services to married siblings of three bachelor battle casualties of the Galwan Valley.
The decision has been taken by the Captain Amarinder Singh Government in recognition of the supreme sacrifice made by Sepoy Gurtej Singh, Sepoy Gurbinder Singh and L/Nk Saleem Khan.
As per existing rules, only dependent family members or next of kin of the battle casualties were eligible for jobs, but in the case of these three men, since no dependent family member existed, the Government decided to make an exception and give jobs to their married brothers. Disclosing this, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that Gurpreet Singh (Married brother of Sepoy Gurtej Singh (Unmarried); Gurpreet Singh, married brother of Sepoy Gurbinder Singh (Unmarried); and Niyamat Ali, married brother of L/Nk Saleem Khan (Unmarried), had applied for appointment in the State Services despite not falling under the definition of “Dependent members of the War Heroes”.
The spokesperson pointed out that under the Policy of Appointments and Honour and Gratitude in the Class I and II services to the dependent members of families of “War Heroes” dated September 24, 1999 and the Policy of Appointments and Honour and Gratitude in the Class III and IV services to the dependent members of families of “War Heroes” dated August 19, 1999, the widow or the dependent member of the family of a “War Hero” is offered appointment in the State Services.
A dependent member of a War Hero under the aforesaid policies is defined as a “Widow or Wife or a dependent son or dependent unmarried daughter or adopted dependent son or adopted unmarried daughter.
However, in case the War Hero is unmarried but had other dependents on him, then one of the dependent unmarried brothers/ unmarried sisters was eligible for consideration for appointment under this policy, revealed the spokesperson. (UNI)
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