The Fact News Service
Chandigarh, June 9
Taking strong notice of news wherein a man has been accused of getting a government job in Punjab’s education department by making a false Scheduled caste certificate, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), on the orders of its Chairman Vijay Sampla, issued a notice to Punjab government and asked them to submit an action taken report in fifteen days.
The NCSC has received information via news regarding one Sarbjeet Singh, who made a false SC certificate to get a government job. As per the news video, Sarbjeet Singh is father of a famous Punjabi singer—Amrit Maan.
As per news video, “Sarbjeet Singh, who is resident of a village Khara in tehsil Kotkapura of Faridkot district, had submitted a fake SC certificate to get a reserved SC job of a Maths teacher in the year 1989. The state government had sanctioned as many as 252 teaching posts across Punjab schools of which 25% seats were reserved for SC candidates.
Now, a retired officer of Punjab, Avtar Singh Sahota, has submitted a complaint to the chief minister of Punjab alleging that Sarbjeet Singh has done job for over 34 years by using a false SC certificate.”
Meanwhile, the Commission asked the principal secretary (department of school education) and principal secretary (department of social, justice and empowerment and minorities) of Punjab government to investigate the matter and to submit the action taken report, till June 21, through post or email, based on the facts and information on the action taken on the allegation/matter.
Sampla cautioned the officers that if action taken report is not received within the stipulated time, then Commission might exercise the powers of the civil court conferred on it under article 338 of the Constitution of India and issue a summon for personal appearance before the commission in Delhi.
