“Influential” schoolteachers in Punjab, who are on a “choice posting” by way of a temporary deputation (aarzi duty), are in for a rude shock as the state government has decided to do away with nearly 1,000 such postings across the state.

The step is aimed at rationalising the teachers’ strength. Exploiting loopholes in the system governing transfers and postings, most “VIP teachers” manage a temporary posting at choice stations such as Mohali, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fazilka, Bathinda and Muktsar.

Officials of the Education Department admit that they are always under pressure from various quarters, including MLAs, bureaucrats and judicial officers, to extend the deputation of such teachers. Education Minister Harjot Bains confirmed that the temporary deputation had been banned as per t

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