Uncertainty on 50,000 contractual staff jobs
HC deadline to fill vacancies ends on Nov 30
Chandigarh,
November 18: Clouds of uncertainty are hovering over the
employment of nearly 50,000
contractual and ad hoc employees of the Haryana Government.
With the High Court’s six month deadline to fill vacancies
on a regular basis in place of the contractual and ad hoc employees ending on November 30, the contractual staff is
in a state of tizzy. In fact, it is double whammy for the contractual staff as
the Supreme Court, which was moved by the Haryana Government to challenge the
May 31, 2018, judgment of the high court quashing the regularisation policies
and setting the six month deadline, is yet to hear the matter.
“As there are
thousands of employees who had been appointed on ad
hoc/contract/work-charged/daily wages to take care of the work being carried
out by them in different departments, we direct that they be allowed to
continue for a period of six months, during which the state shall ensure that
regular posts, wherever required, are advertised and the process of selection
is completed,” the high court in its May 31 judgement had said.
The high court had made it clear that under no
circumstances would any temporary employee be allowed to continue thereafter. “Unless there is
a relief from the Supreme Court, over 50,000 contractual employees face the
spectre of losing their jobs,” Subhash
Lamba, Sarv Karamchari Sangh (SKS) general secretary, said, demanding that the
Khattar government should bring an ordinance for the regularisation of the
services of the contractual staff.
It may be recalled that the state government had prepared
the draft Bill — Haryana Regularisation of Services Bill, 2018 — to be tabled
in the Monsoon Session of the Haryana Assembly. However, taking a U-turn and
with a view to exhausting the legal options before a Bill is brought before the
Haryana Assembly against the May 31 HC order adversely affecting the
contractual staff, the Haryana Government filed an SLP in the Supreme Court in
September. The apex court is yet to be hear the SLP.
Disclaimer: We
took this information from The Tribune Newspaper published on 19th
Nov. 2018 on the page Number: 06.
