Chandigarh, April 13 -- With the Lok Sabha election dates clashing with the Panjab University (PU) examinations, varsity authorities are planning to write to the Punjab government over granting station leave to employees of affiliated colleges.

With the model code of conduct in place, the Punjab government has written to all its employees that station leave will not be granted till the elections.

However, a PU official who wished to remain anonymous explained that this would interfere in conducting exams in colleges. "For the sake of transparency, the centre superintendent, station superintendent and deputy superintendent during exams are never posted in their college and usually sent to another district. With the new directive, this wo...