Punjab Assembly Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table of the House and Library of Punjab Legislative Assembly is constituted annually for a one-year period from among the members of the Assembly. This Committee consists of ten members. Up to 2021, the Library Committee and the Committee on Papers Laid/ To be Laid on the Table of the House, existed separately. They were merged in 2021.

Appointment The speaker appoints the committee and its members every year for a one-year term according to the powers conferred by Article 208 of the Constitution of India read with section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), and in pursuance of Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Members For the one-year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library of 16th Punjab Assembly had following members:

+Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library (2022–23)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy Chairperson2 Amolak Singh Member 3 Anmol Gagan Maan Member 4 Gurdit Singh Sekhon Member 5 Gurlal Ghanaur Member 6 Hakam Singh Thekedar Member 7 Hardev Singh Laddi Member 8 Naresh Puri Member 9 Rana Inder Pratap Singh Member 10 Ranbir Singh Bhullar Member

Chairpersons +Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table (Until 2021)TenureTerms Name Political party 2013-141 Sadhu Singh Dharamsot 2016-171 Balbir Singh Sidhu

+Committee on Library (Until 2021)TenureTerms Name Political party 2013-141 Manjit Singh Miyawind 2016-171Darshan Singh Kotfatta

+Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library (Post 2021)TenureTerms Name Political party 2021-221 Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal 2022-231Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy

Previous members For the one-year period in the 15th Punjab Assembly the committee had following members:

2021-2022 +Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table and Library (2021–22)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal Chairperson2 Indu Bala Member 3 Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal Member 4 Kultar Singh Sandhwan Member 5 Nirmal Singh Member 6 Rajinder Beri Member 7 Sanjeev Talwar Member 8 Simarjeet Singh Bains Member 9 Sushil Kumar Rinku Member

Previous members of Committee on Papers tabled in the House

2019-2020 +Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table (2019–20)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Gurpartap Singh Wadala Chairperson2 Balwinder Singh Member3 Amit Vij Member4 Davinder Singh Ghubaya Member5 Baldev Singh Member6 Rajinder Singh Member7 Rajnish Kumar Member8 Satkar Kaur Member9 Chaudhary Surinder Singh Member10.Jagdev Singh KamaluMember

2018-2019 +Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table (2018–19)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Gurpartap Singh Wadala Chairperson2 Arun Narang Member3 Avtar Singh Junior Member4 Davinder Singh Ghubaya Member5 Harminder Singh Gill Member6 Jai Krishan Singh Member7 Sarvjit Kaur Manuke Member8 Satkar Kaur Member9 Chaudhary Surinder Singh Member10.Sushil Kumar RinkuMember

2017-2018 +Committee on Papers laid/to be laid on the table (2017–18)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Gurpartap Singh Wadala Chairperson2 Sangat Singh Gilzian Member3 Simarjeet Singh Bains Member4 Harpartap Singh Ajanala Member5 Gurpreet Singh Member6 Jai Krishan Member7 Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal Member8 Darshan Lal Member9 Dalvir Singh Goldy Member10.Bharat Bhushan AshuMember

Previous members of Library Committee

2020-2021 +Library Committee(2020–21)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Surinder Kumar Dawar Chairperson2 Avtar Singh Junior Member 3 Harjot Kamal Singh Member 4 Harminder Singh Gill Member 5 Jagdev Singh Member 6 Jagtar Singh Jagga Hissowal Member 7 Gurpartap Singh Wadalal Member 8 Simarjeet Singh Bains Member 9 Sukhjit Singh Member

2019-2020 +Library Committee(2019–20)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Balbir Singh Sidhu Chairperson2 Amarjit Singh Sandoya Member3 Arun Dogra Member4 Avtar Singh Junior Member5 Baldev Singh Khaira Member6 Gurpreet Singh Member7 Jai Krishan Singh Member8 Kuljit Singh Nagra Member9 Lakhvir Singh Lakha Member

2018-2019 +Library Committee(2018–19)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Amrik Singh Dhillon Chairperson2 Balwinder Singh Member 3 Dilraj Singh Member 4 Kultar Singh Sandhwan Member 5 Kulwant Singh Pandori Member 6 Pawan Kumar Adia Member 7 Rajnish Kumar Babbi Member 8 Randeep Singh Nabha Member 9 Sukhwinder Singh Danny Bandala Member

2017-2018 +Library Committee(2017–18)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Surinder Kumar Dawar Chairperson2 Surjit Singh Dhiman Member3 Hardial Singh Kamboj Member4 Kultar Singh Sandhwan Member5 Balwinder Singh khaira Member6 Davinder Singh Ghubaya Member7 Balwinder Singh Bains Member8 Budh Ram Member9 Rajnish Kumar Babbi Member

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