Punjab CM conducts surprise check in offices of mini secretariat

Chandigarh, June 30, 2014: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today made a surprise check here at the Mini Civil Secretariat at sharp 09:05 am and found 14 senior officers absent from their offices.
Disclosing this here today a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that this move was aimed at ensuring punctuality and discipline in the government offices besides fulfilling the commitment of the state government for prompt deliverance of citizen centric services and redressal of public grievances.
Senior officers who were not found present in their offices during the Chief Minister's surprise check included; Principal Secretary Defense Services SR Ladhar, Principal Secretary Housing & Urban Development A. Venu Prasad, Principal Secretary Surplus Pool Dharamvir, Principal Secretary Jails & General Administration Sanjay Kumar, Secretary Transport Anurag Aggarwal, Secretary Freedom Fighters VK Janjua, Secretary Finance JM Balamurgam, Special Secretary PWD (B&R) HS Kandhola, Special Secretary Transport Dr. Amarpal Singh, Special Secretary Higher Education Chander Gaind, Special Secretary Civil Aviation APS Virk, Secretary School Education Rahul Bhandari, Additional Secretary Health & Family Welfare Avtar Chand Sharma and OSD litigation (Health) RL Mehta.
Meanwhile, the officers who were present in their offices included Principal Secretary School Education Anjali Bhawra, Principal Secretary Higher Education Dr. Roshan Sunkaria, Principal Secretary Governance Reforms C Roul, Financial Commissioner Animal Husbandry, Fisheries & Dairy G. Vajralingam, Financial Commissioner Development Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary  Parliamentary Affairs Ravneet Kaur, Principal Secretary Forests & Civil Aviation Viswajit  Khanna, Secretary Technical Education RK Verma, Secretary Food & Civil Supplies DS Grewal, Secretary Local Government Ashok Kumar Gupta, Special Secretary Health Vikas Garg, Secretary Animal Husbandry VK Meena, Secretary Grievances Mandeep Singh, Special Secretary Agriculture Daljit Singh, Special Secretary Local Government Prem Chand Arora, OSD litigation Vinod Bhalla besides Special Secretary-cum-Director Welfare of SC/BC Pirthi Chand and Secretary Irrigation Balwinder Singh Multani were also found present in their offices on the last day of their superannuation and the Chief Minister wished them a happy, prosperous and healthy retired life.
The Chief Minister also interacted with the officials present in their offices, to know their problems and hardships coming in way of discharging their duties.
The Chief Minister also checked the Civil Dispensary at Mini Secretariat and found all the doctors and paramedics present while barring few junior employees, the entire staff of National Informatics Centre (NIC) was absent.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by his Principal Secretary SK Sandhu and Special Principal Secretary Gaggandip Singh Brar.
Meanwhile, Badal also impressed upon the officers and officials to discharge their duties with utmost dedication, commitment, honestly and sincerity in the larger public interest besides redressing the grievances of the people in an effective manner.