Shaurya Sharma
Fatehgarh Sahib, September 01, 2020: Mysterious are the ways of SGPC, which is already facing criticism due to the missing of the “Saroops” of Guru Granth Sahib, has now generated another controversy by transferring its educational staff in arbitrary manner from one college to another without ascertaining whether the employee is required there.
The recent transfer of senior Physic teacher Manju Saddi from Mata Ganga Khalsa College Kotan to Mata Gujri College Fatehgarh Sahib has created a controversy. While the staff of MG College Fatehgarh Sahib is sitting on protest to stop her from joining as her services are not required, the transferred lady teacher has also been visiting the college everyday to join but of no use and last evening sat on dharna but was persuaded by Gurpreet Singh Randhawa member SGPC Fatehgarh Sahib to lift dharna and ensured justice. The MG College teachers apprehend that the financial position of the institution may be in jeopardy owing to the increase in the strength of staff.
This controversy has exposed the arbitrariness of the SGPC, who transfer the staff without any rhyme or reason. The recent transfers have been made on the recommendation of SGPC president without even consulting the Director Education SGPC creating confusion and unrest everywhere.
Staff sitting on the protest told on condition of anonymity that those who have been sent here in the last few months without any vacancy should be sent back to their parent colleges to ease the burden of the salary on the college, so that the existing staff may go on getting their salary regularly.
While talking to The Tribune Manju Saddi transferred teacher said that she had not received salary for the last 15 months at Mata Ganga College Kotan and she approached the President SGPC to get her transfer to MG College. She said that she was transferred by Head Office SGPC on 13th August and relieved on 18th August from Kotan College and from 18th August onwards she has been coming to the college to join but she has not been allowed to join the college, whereas the principal allowed some others to join earlier. She said she has decided to sit on dharna till she is allowed to join here.
When contacted Principal Kashmir Singh, he said that there is no vacant slot in the Physic department as the strength has gone down due to Covid and he has already written to SGPC president in this regard. He said that the transfer should be cancelled in the interest of the institution and the SGPC should come out with concrete policy of recruitment, selection, training, seniority rules and transfer in the interest of SGPC institutions.
It is worth mentioning that Mata Gujri College Fatehgarh Sahib is perhaps the only SGPC College out of hundreds of SGPC colleges and Universities which is in a financially sound position, so majority of the teachers from other SGPC institutions are getting them transferred to this college by using their political connections.