Gurugram: Hitting back over
the issue in which the Punjab legislative Assembly passed a resolution to
transfer Chandigarh to the State, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
said on Friday that Chandigarh is and will remain the capital of both States.
Talking to the media in
Gurugram, Khattar said that apart from the issue of Chandigarh, there are
several other differences between Haryana and Punjab.
He said that the Central
Government has decided to implement the Central Service Rules in the interest
of the employees of Chandigarh. He alleged that the Punjab Government is
misleading the public on this issue.
"The Chandigarh employees would be
greatly benefited by this decision. Earlier, the employees had to depend on the
Punjab government for every order.
If there were orders from the
Center for allowances or other benefits, earlier Punjab used to issue
notifications. After this it would be applicable in Chandigarh," Khattar
said. Now the notifications that the Center will make will be directly applicable
to the employees.
He said that the Punjab
government has not yet given the benefit of the 7th Pay Commission to the
employees whereas Haryana had implemented it in 2016 itself. The employees were
also deprived of this till now, but now after the implementation of the new
rules, they will get its benefit.
Khattar informed that Punjab,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh came into existence through the Punjab
Reorganization Act passed in the year 1966.
There is a provision in this
Act that 60 per cent of employees of Chandigarh will be from Punjab and 40 per
cent of employees will be from Haryana. Since that time Chandigarh is the
capital of Haryana and Punjab," he said.
The CM said that not only
Punjab and Haryana but the people of Himachal Pradesh should also ask for their
shares in Chandigarh.
"In one case, the Supreme Court had also given Himachal Pradesh the right to over 7.19 per cent of Chandigarh's land under the Punjab Reorganization Act. It is a different matter that Himachal Pradesh has made its capital in Shimla," Khattar said. (Agencies)
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