“Working For Long Time, Cannot Be Replaced”: P&H HC Tells State To Regularise Posts Of Class III, Class IV Ad-Hoc Sessions Court Employees

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that Class III and Class IV ad-hoc employees working in the Sessions Court cannot be replaced and directed the authorities to take appropriate steps to regularise them. "The said decision should be taken within a period of six months from the receipt of copy of this order by duly keeping in loop the Punjab and Haryana High Court being the supervisory authority of the Session Division where the petitioners are working as well as the respective competent authority in the State of Punjab and Haryana as the case may be," added the judge. As of now, there are no permanent posts available so as to regularize the services of the employees who are still working and the requisition has already been sent to the Union Government for creation of more posts and as and when the said request is accepted, appropriate action qua the claim of the petitioners qua regularization of their services will be taken, he added. After hearing the submissions, the Court considering that the proposal of creation of 48 ancillary posts is pending consideration with the Government of India, it said "that as the employees have been working for a sufficiently long time but still their future is not secured as of now and the same is dependent upon the creation of the posts and the matter is pending for the last about six to seven years, appropriate decision with regard to the creation of 48 ancillary posts be decided as expeditiously as possible but not later then four months from the date of receipt of copy of this order."