Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 11

Mindful of upcoming Assembly elections, the State Election Officer has decided to stop salaries of the employees who have not received both the doses of Covid vaccine so far.

A formal letter in this regard, to all heads of government departments, has already been sent. The letter reads: A list of not-fully vaccinated employees should be sent to the election office at the earliest. The election officer has also asked the Treasury Department to process the salaries only after ensuring certificates of fully vaccinated employees. It is learnt that some government employees, to avoid duties in the upcoming elections, have been deliberately avoiding or delaying the jab.

Notably, the State Election Commission had issued directions that only fully vaccinated government employees would be deployed for election duties. Consequently, the employees, according to sources, were resorting to such tactics of not getting jabbed.