Ludhiana, April 29 -- Over a month after missing the Supreme Court's March 28 deadline, the Punjab education department is yet to notify sanctioned posts for special educators in government schools. The delay has angered special educators and rights activists, who accuse the state of denying thousands of children with special needs their fundamental right to education. "It raises serious questions about Punjab government's commitment to inclusive education," said Harish Dutt who has been campaigning for appointments. The Union of Unemployed Special Education Teachers recently got information through a Right to Information query that Punjab has only 386 contractual special educators for 47,979 students. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, acting on Dutt's complaint, had in February sought a probe by the director general of school education in Punjab. The Punjab State Commission for Protection of Child Rights also asked elementary education department to look into it. Anindita Mitra, administrative secretary of the school education department, said a file related to finalising the posts had been reversed by the finance department. She didn't disclose what steps would follow. An official, seeking anonymity, mentioned that there were technical and legal issues in the recruitment process....