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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, December 7Seeking a revision in their salary, sub-inspectors posted in the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department gathered at Company Bagh here on Saturday. They said they were employed in the same pay band as of veterinary inspectors and ETT teachers till 2006. The sub-inspectors said after that they lagged far behind as their salary was not revised in the subsequent pay commission reports. Naresh Saini, state president of the Agriculture Sub-Inspectors’ Association, Punjab, said, “Agriculture sub-inspectors, veterinary inspectors and ETT teachers were in the same pay band of Rs5,910-20,200 till 2006. Agriculture sub-inspectors are wheels of agriculture extension services in the state.”Prabhjot Singh Chahal, press secretary of the association, said, “Earlier, sub-inspectors used to be promoted as inspectors, but their promotion was done away with more than two decades ago..