Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has directed to formulate a comprehensive policy for employment on compassionate ground and said that the present State Government intends to settle all the pending cases in one-go. While reviewing the policy in a high level meeting, the Chief Minister directed the officers to compile and present department, age and educational qualification wise data of the applicants seeking employment on compassionate ground.
He instructed the officers to come up with the requisite data in the next meeting on 10th January, 2025. The Chief Minister said that the State Government was adopting a liberal and sympathetic approach to offer employment in the government sector to those who lost their family members during service.
He said that the State Government would keep in view all the aspects to benefit the maximum number of applicants. He said that the State Government is committed to support the well being of dependents by giving preference to widows and orphans in providing employment on compassionate grounds.
Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that the State Government has also constituted a Cabinet Sub Committee under the chairmanship of Education Minister Rohit Thakur with Technical Education Minister Rajesh Dharmani and Ayush Minister Yadvinder Goma as its members to examine the matters of compassionate appointments.
Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri, Education Minister Rohit Thakur, Principal Secretary Finance Devesh Kumar, Secretaries Dr. Abhishek Jain and Rakesh Kanwar, Special Secretary Finance Rohit Jamwal and other senior officers were also present in the meeting.