Overview
- Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu directed departments to require dope testing before anyone joins government service in a May 30 administrative review.
- The order follows earlier action that the government reported on May 11, when officials were told to probe 123 employees for drug‑related activity and 31 staffers, including 21 police personnel, were dismissed.
- Departments were asked to submit action‑taken reports on implicated employees and to issue implementation orders for pre‑employment screening so procedures and accountability can be formalized.
- The meeting bundled the anti‑drug drive with administrative measures, including faster payment of Class‑IV pensioners’ gratuity and leave encashment, a review of compassionate‑appointment cases, and plans to recruit 500 Junior Office Assistant (IT) posts.
- Officials were also told to compile an inventory of trees uprooted or felled by recent storms and to begin a special statewide removal and disposal campaign on June 1 to protect forest resources.