Jarnail Singh Brar and Kiran Bala are senior assistants in the Examination branch, and Maghar Singh a senior assistant in Accounts branch were allegedly involved in inciting the workers to stop the ongoing work of compiling the result of Class X and XII exams.

Meanwhile, the suspended employees have been asked to report to the district book depots at Pathankot, Abohar and Ferozpur respectively.

Gurudev Singh Sidhu, vice-chairman, PSEB, said the `No work no pay policy' would disturb the routine work of the state education board.

Teachers' union demands aid n PROF S.S. Hundal, president, Punjab and Chandigarh College Teachers Union (PCCTU) , and Prof Shinder Pal Singh, secretary of the union, have demanded in a joint press statement issued today that the Punjab government should release Rs 24 crore immediately.