The Cabinet has sanctioned 59 lecturers’ posts in 13 newly opened arts and science colleges in Assembly segments which do not have higher education facilities. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told a post-Cabinet press briefing here on Wednesday that it had been decided to sanction 28 guest lecturer posts in these colleges. The Cabinet decided to regularise all causal workers working on rotation basis at the jersey farm at Chettachal, near here. Earlier, the government had regularised 69 workers. The Cabinet also decided to form a regulatory board to protect the rights of senior citizens. V.K. Beeran had been appointed special officer to prepare a report within six months for constituting the board, he said. — Special Correspondent