DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday urged the Haryana government to reinstate the 1,983 sacked physical training instructors by issuing an ordinance and ratifying it through a bill passed by the state legislature. In a letter addressed to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Surjewala also suggested a "draft bill" for "providing security of service to these instructors in the interest of justice and equity". In April this year, the Supreme Court had upheld the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court quashing appointment of 1,983 physical training instructors in schools of Haryana in 2010, and asked the state staff selection commission to conduct the recruitment process afresh. The apex court had upheld the verdicts passed by the single and division benches of the high court quashing the appointment process conducted during the then Congress government led by B S Hooda. Surjewala urged the state government to issue an ordinance to reinstate the physical training instructors (PTIs) which can then be ratified through a bill. "I am more than certain that this welfare legislation will have the unequivocal support of the entire Haryana Assembly," Surjewala wrote. "I urge upon you to take immediate steps to ensure that these 1,983 PTI teachers and their families are not abandoned to the vagaries of unemployment for an irregularity, if any, on the part of the recruiting authority," the Congress leader said. He said the families of these instructors will "suffer disproportionately" due to the circumstances COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown have created. (editor@dailyworld.in)