The policy prepared by the Bhagwant Mann government of Punjab to keep raw employees in the job till the age of 58 has started getting confused in new controversies. The reservation system has been completely ignored in the special cadre that the government had decided to form under the Punjab Service Rule for raw employees.
Due to this, the employee organization and the opposition parties have started coming together. Meanwhile, on October 21, the state government has issued an order to keep 8736 raw teachers in the job under the special cadre under the special cadre, but no rule is being implemented for reservation.
It will benefit those raw employees who have completed at least 10 years of service but there is a provision of reservation for the employees hired under the Punjab Service Rules under which SC-ST will get 25 percent, OBC will get 25 percent. 12 percent, 10 percent for BPL, 1 percent for ex-servicemen, 4 percent for disabled, 3 percent for sportsmen and 33 percent for women. All these provisions are not applicable to Special Cadre.