The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has summoned a roster-checking team of Health and Family Welfare Department following serious irregularities in the promotion roster of male Multipurpose Health Workers.Commission Chairman Jasvir Singh Garhi has ordered the personal appearance of Roster Checking Team No 22 of Social Justice, Empowerment and Minorities Department on April 29 at the Commission’s office.The Commission had earlier sought the roster register and related records of promotions from Multipurpose Health Worker (Male) to Multipurpose Health Supervisor (Male) over the past 15 years, duly verified by the roster-checking team.The department had submitted records pertaining to the last 12 years on November 27, 2025, after obtaining clearance from Welfare Department’s Roster Checking Team No 22 on November 21, 2025.Preliminary scrutiny of the submitted record has revealed glaring violations of the reservation policy. Upon detailed examination by roster experts, it was found that one physically challenged employee and eight general category employees had been wrongly shown as Scheduled Caste employees. Besides this, records of 19 general category employees who were promoted during the said period were found missing.He informed that the examination also highlighted that out of 374 promotions, 75 posts were earmarked under the 20 per cent reservation quota for Scheduled Castes. However, 69 of these reserved points were occupied by general category employees, indicating a grave breach of reservation norms.Garhi, while reviewing the records, observed that there has been a blatant violation of the 20 per cent reservation policy for Scheduled Castes in promotions, along with non-compliance with the principle of seniority-cum-merit.