Pargat Singh: Will fill posts in Languages Dept

Patiala, November 1

While 21 posts of district language officers are being filled by transferring officials from other departments, Minister of Higher Education and Languages Pargat Singh today announced the deputation process and said posts of research officer would be filled soon. He was in Patiala to inaugurate the month-long celebration of ‘Punjabi mah-2021’ in view of ‘Punjab Diwas’.

The minister did not make any other announcement for the department which otherwise faces difficulty in the publication of its magazines over paucity of funds. Pargat Singh said, “The government has formulated an expert panel to carry out the department’s pending works and for release of pending awards. We are working to release various awards of the past five years which are pending due to a court case. We have also called applications for filling posts of district language officers.”

To date, 100 posts of research officer and assistant research officer in the department are lying vacant along with those of additional director, two posts of joint director and four posts of deputy director. The post of director has also been given as an additional charge. The minister also released the ‘Sarvotam Pustak Puraskar’ given to nine noted writers of Punjabi language. — TNS