(Chd,Pb)Justice Mehtab S Gill (Retd) Takes Oath as Chief Vigilance Commissioner
The Punjab Governor V.P. Singh Badnore administered oath of office to Justice Mehtab Singh Gill (Retd) as Chief Vigilance Commissioner and Amarpartap Singh Sekhon as the State Information Commissioner in a virtual ceremony held from Punjab Raj Bhawan.
Earlier, the Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, from her office, sought the permission of the Governor to start the swearing in ceremony. On this occasion Member Parliament Mrs. Preneet Kaur was also present.
Amarpartap Singh Sekhon had served as OSD to Mrs. Preneet Kaur (Wife of CM)when she was Union Minister of State for External Affairs. After that Mr. Sekhon has been serving as OSD to Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh from the last 4 years.
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Justice Mehtab S Gill (Retd) Takes Oath as Punjab CVC
Punjab’s “Office-of-Profit Bill” Assented
[Chd,Pb] Punjab Office-of-Profit Bill Assented
Now Congress MLAs can be appointed as chairpersons of boards and corporations.
Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore has given his assent to the Punjab State Legislature (Prevention of Disqualification) (Amendment) Bill, 2018, paving way for the appointment of Congress MLAs as chairpersons of boards and corporations.
On August 28, the Punjab Vidhan Sabha had passed the bill to add various categories of office of profit to the current list of positions which MLAs can hold without inviting disqualification.
Earlier, the Punjab government had sought to bring amendments through ordinance route, but the governor had refused to give his assent, asking the government to bring the bill to the assembly first.
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