Chandigarh, February 11: Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today gave nod to appoint Mr. Sukesh Kalia as the Chairman of Punjab State Commission for Protection of Child Rights besides appointing five new members in the commission.
Disclosing this here today, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that Mr. Badal cleared the file in this regard this afternoon, thereby giving approval to the appointment of five new members namely, Mr. Jagmohan Singh, Smt. Kuldeep Kaur Kand, Smt. Satinder Kaur Bisla, Mr. Yashpal Khanna and Smt. Veerpal Kaur besides extending the term of Dr. Jaswinder Singh, who was already working in the commission for next three years.
The term of all these members including Chairman would be for a period of three years from the date of appointment, added the spokesperson.