Constitution of India part-III –fundamental right article 19, right to freedom Provides the right to all citizens of India.
So under the provisions of article 19 (1-C) the post graduate teachers of Himachal Pradesh united and formed the union namely Himachal Pradesh post graduate teacher union. The constitution of Himachal Pradesh Post Graduate Teacher Union was formed after the first meeting of the union in the month of May 2016 at SD Senior Secondary School Gang Bazar Shimla. Thereafter the executive committee of the union registered the union the under society act 2006 vide registration no 26-DA-01-06-2016. Thereafter the executive committee of the Union visited every district and block of Himachal Pradesh and conducted the elections of Block and District executive committee in a democratic way under the provision of the constitution of Himachal Pradesh Post Graduate Teacher Union and Block Executive committee and district executive committee were formed. In continuation of the above process the first state election was conducted at Govt. Boy Senior Secondary School Hamirpur dated 09-04-2017 under the supervision of Sh. Sanjeev Chopra Headmaster Govt. High School Brada District Hamirpur. Sh. Chitranjan Kalta the founder of the Union was unanimously elected as State President of Himachal Pradesh Post Graduated Teacher Union, Sh. Desraj Katwal GSSS Amroh as General Secretary of the Union, Sh. Manish Kumar Sharma (GSSS Syri) Distt. Solan and Sh. Karam Chand Thakur GSSS Sarkaghat Distt. Mandi as Sr. Vice President of the Union, Sh. Ramlal Lodhta Govt. Sr. School Chhausha Distt. Solan was elected as finance secretary and Sh. Mohan Lal Sharma GSSS Syri Distt. Solan as elected as spokes person cum chief press secretary of the Union. The general house authorized the above mentioned designatories of Union to form rest of the state executive committee.
The executive committee of the union put forwarded its agenda with the Govt. and the department continuously and in the month of July 2016 and August 2016 two meetings were held with the Principal Secretary Education Dr. A.J.V. Prasad and Director of Higher Education Dr. BL Vinta and assure to resolve the demand of the Union.
The first demand of the union was to prepare use seniority list of the PGT’s which was not prepared since the year 2010 when PGT Cadre came in to existence. The Principal Secretary Of Education directed director of higher education Dr. BL Vinta to prepare the seniority list of the PGTs was circulated upto the year 2013 and thereafter the department said that the seniority list of the PGTs appointed/ promoted after 2013 will be prepared after the case of PTA/PARA/SMC will be decided in the Apex Court. After that the seniority list of PGTs could not released due to this reason. In December 2017 new BJP Govt. was formed in the state and the Union floated its agenda with the changed Govt. in continuation the Union managed to held a meeting with Hon’ble Education Minister Sh. Suresh Bhardwaj on dated 23-07-2018 and strongly put forth its agenda to the Govt. Some history decision for taken the meeting and director of higher education was directed to make a proposal on the agenda of the Union. In the follow up meeting with the Director of Higher Education the Union agenda were discussed in details and concerned branch is were directed to make a feasible proposal in this regard. When the department and govt. were failed to meet the agenda of the Union, the union was forced to file a case against the Govt. and the department in the Hon’ble Administrative Tribunal the case was filled vide OA No 3451/2017 and the Hon’ble Administrative Tribunal directed Govt. and Department that in future the promotion for the post of Principal will be made conditional subject to the final outcome of OA No. 3451/2017.
Since then the Union is trying its best to meet the agenda of the Union and in future the desired steps will be taken for the betterment of the Union and to meet the agenda of the Union.
Its counter part namely HPSLA managed to announce the designation of PGT in to Lecturers but later on It was notified on dated 20-08-2019 as Lectures (School New) with old R&P rules of the PGTs. So PGTs were betrayed by its counter part and no benefits were granted to PGT cadres. After that PGT union met Hon’ble Chief Minister and Education Minister on dated 30-08-2019 over the changed designation of PGTs without changing R&P rules at par with lectures. Hon’ble Chief Minister and Education Minister assured the Union to look sympathetically on the demands of the Union. Himachal Pradesh Post Graduate Teachers Union conducted a meeting in this regard at GGSSS Ghumarwin Distt Bilaspur and the general house unanimously decided that the name of the Union may be changed as Himachal Govt. Lecture Union (School New) as per Govt. new notification 20-08-2019. The Union general house meeting held at BRCC Bhawan Una District Una, it was decided in the meeting of the Union held on dated 21-07-2020 that the department and government will be informed that the name of the Union would be Himachal Govt. Lecture Union (School New) for further references and all other things of the constitution of HPPGTU will remain same.
Now the union is doing its job with the changed the designation and recently met new Education Minister Sh. Govind Singh Thakur on dated 05-09-2020 and again put forth the agenda of the Union. He assured to meet the genuine demands of the Union and committed that a meeting would soon be held with the Union to discussed the agenda of the Union.