Chandigarh Tribune
Chandigarh, April 2: A delegation of various leaders of employees' organisations of Chandigarh, led by Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former MP, met the Union Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, in Delhi yesterday and submitted him a memorandum.
The memorandum demanded the immediate amendment in the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, as applicable to Chandigarh, for providing that those employees of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, who were transferred to the corporation from the Chandigarh Administration, be treated on deputation.
The delegation informed Mr Advani that on December 15,1998, he as the Home Minister, in a reply to a question put up Mr Jain, had stated in Parliament in writing that the government had decided to treat the employees of the Administration deemed on deputation to the civic body. ...
... Meanwhile, Mr Jain urged the Administration to accept the pending demands of the "rehriwalas" and "phariwalas". Mr Jain, who was speaking at a "Bhagwati Jagran" organised by the Sabzi Mandi Rehri Workers Union at the Sector 26 Sabzi Mandi last night, said "rehri" and "phari" markets were an integral part of the city and provided an alternative to the lower and middle class shoppers.
Chandigarh, April 2: A delegation of various leaders of employees' organisations of Chandigarh, led by Mr Satya Pal Jain, a former MP, met the Union Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, in Delhi yesterday and submitted him a memorandum.
The memorandum demanded the immediate amendment in the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, as applicable to Chandigarh, for providing that those employees of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, who were transferred to the corporation from the Chandigarh Administration, be treated on deputation.
The delegation informed Mr Advani that on December 15,1998, he as the Home Minister, in a reply to a question put up Mr Jain, had stated in Parliament in writing that the government had decided to treat the employees of the Administration deemed on deputation to the civic body. ...
... Meanwhile, Mr Jain urged the Administration to accept the pending demands of the "rehriwalas" and "phariwalas". Mr Jain, who was speaking at a "Bhagwati Jagran" organised by the Sabzi Mandi Rehri Workers Union at the Sector 26 Sabzi Mandi last night, said "rehri" and "phari" markets were an integral part of the city and provided an alternative to the lower and middle class shoppers.
