RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Jan.19: The Jharkhand High Court has directed the Jharkhand government to consider the claim of service regularization of contract workers working for nearly 20 years.
A single bench of Justice Ananda Sen passed the order on January 13 this year with a direction to serve a copy of the order to the chief secretary at the earliest. The order was uploaded today on the Jharkhand High Court website.
The high court in order to ensure consideration also directed the chief secretary to communicate regarding the development in the matter within eight weeks.
“Taking work from a person for nearly twenty years and not giving him regular pay scale and not regularizing him, prima facie, is an unfair practice. In that view, the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand is directed to consider the claim of regularization considering the fact that the petitioners are working for nearly twenty years. The decision taken by the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand should be communicated to this Court within eight weeks. List this case after eight weeks. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi at the earliest,” the high court orders.
The development took place after six people including Azimul Haq Ansari and five others knocked the door of the high court for justice.
