Chandigarh, August 24, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Punjab Finance Minister and Cabinet Sub-Committee Chairman on employee matters Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday held separate meetings with teachers’ and education employees’ unions and the Punjab Government Pensioners Joint Front to discuss their demands and grievances.
During the meetings, Cheema directed the Education Department to immediately address issues that could be resolved at the departmental level. For demands involving financial implications, he instructed officials to convene joint meetings of the Finance and Education departments to work towards an early and viable resolution.
Cheema also met representatives of the Punjab Government Pensioners Joint Front and assured them that the concerns raised in their memorandum were already under active consideration and would be addressed appropriately. He reiterated the state government’s commitment to resolving the legitimate demands of employees and pensioners.
The meetings were held with delegations from the IEATC Special B.Ed. Employees Union, Adarsh School Teaching and Non-Teaching Association, NSQF Vocational Teachers Front, ETT TET Pass Unemployed Teachers Union, 180 ETT TET Pass Teachers Association (Jai Singh Wala), B.Ed. TET Pass Unemployed Teachers Union, 3704 Teachers Union and the Punjab Government Pensioners Joint Front.
The IEATC Special B.Ed. Employees Union was represented by Priya Sharma, Jagroop Kaur and Kulwant Kaur. The Adarsh School Teaching and Non-Teaching Association delegation comprised Jasveer Singh Ghaloti, Gurcharan Singh, Chander Shekhar, Salim Mohammad, Amarjot Joshi and Amandeep Kumar.
Bhupinder Singh and Ranjit Singh represented the NSQF Vocational Teachers Front, while the ETT TET Pass Unemployed Teachers Union was represented by Ram Partap, Sandeep Singh and Amandeep Kaur.
The 180 ETT TET Pass Teachers Association (Jai Singh Wala) delegation included Kamal Thakur, Sohan Singh, Gurpreet Singh and Gurmukh Singh. The B.Ed. TET Pass Unemployed Teachers Union was represented by Gurpreet Singh, Subedar Nirmal Singh and Darshan Singh.
Yadvinder Singh and Harjinder Singh represented the 3704 Teachers Union.
The Punjab Government Pensioners Joint Front was represented by Darshan Singh Dhanoa, Avinash Chander Sharma, Sukhwinder Singh Saini, Gurdeep Singh Walia, Gurmeet Singh Tiwana, Nahar Singh, Karnail Singh, Balvir Singh Saini, Rakesh Sharma and Dev Raj.
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