Cheema, in a statement issued after a meeting here, said that the Department had given directions to take action against officials responsible for delay in such cases.
He said district level committees would be formed under district education officers to ensure that compassionate cases for the kin of deceased employee should be ready within two weeks of his death.
District level office would send all such cases to higher authority on every second Monday of the month and it would be compulsory for the head office to approve the case within two weeks.