In an exceptional gesture, Haryana Cabinet today decided to give a government job to the younger brother of martyr late Lt Satbir Singh who was killed in a terrorist attack in Manipur.
Lt Satbir Singh, son of Man Singh of village Thua, tehsil Alewa in district Jind in Haryana, was killed in a terrorist attack in Manipur on March 18, 2009.
As Satbir was unmarried, his father had requested that his younger son Sandeep be given a job on compassionate grounds. Sandeep's qualification is B.A, B.Ed. And JBT.
The decision to give a government job to Sandeep was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar here today, a release said.
According to a 2014 policy of the state government, only the dependent of the deceased like spouse or dependent children are considered for employment to martyrs of Armed Forces personnel/Paramilitary Forces personnel of Haryana domicile.
Though giving job to younger son of Man Singh does not come under this policy, yet this being an exceptional case, the Cabinet gave relaxation in rules to provide employment to the younger brother of the martyr, the release said.
Meanwhile, to boost morale of differently-abled sportspersons in Haryana, the government also decided to include 'Deaflympics' in its sports policy so that the Deaflympian medalists would be able to get cash rewards, jobs and other benefits.
The Deaflympics (previously called World Games for the Deaf and International Games for the deaf) are an International Olympic Committee sanctioned event at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level.
The Cabinet also gave its approval for merger of technical posts of constables except that of Operators and Technicians of Telecommunications wing into the General cadre in the state police department.
This decision will raise promotional avenues of constables holding technical posts, release said.
