The Delhi Excessive Court docket has restrained Ambedkar College Delhi (AUD) from making common appointments to posts held by 39 workers who have been lately stripped of their everlasting positions and put again on contract roles. The order comes after 34 of the 39 workers challenged the choice by AUD’s Board of Mana-gement (BoM) on February 3.
The Indian Specific had reported Friday that AUD had put again on contract 39 of its regularised workers and stripped the Professional- Vice Chancellor (PVC) of his administrative position. The choice was taken on the idea of an enquiry by the Directorate of Greater Training (DHE).
In an order dated February 10, Justice V Kameshwar Rao mentioned “no common appointment to the posts on which the petitioners are working shall be made with out the go away of the Court docket”.
“Mr Rupal, realized counsel, states that by letter dated February 6, 2021, the character of the appointment of all of the petitioners has been modified to contractual. If that be so, the altering of the character of appointment of the petitioners as contractual shall be topic to the result of this writ petition,” the order mentioned.
“If the petitioners succeed, they shall be entitled to all the advantages which they have been drawing as common workers although on probation,” it additional mentioned.
The HC has additionally made the DHE, via its secretary, a party-respondent within the case on the request of the college counsel. “Let amended memo of events be filed inside one week from right now. On the submitting of the identical, discover shall be issued to the newly added respondent. Counter affidavit be filed by the respondent-College inside six weeks. Rejoinder thereto, if any, be filed inside two weeks thereafter,” the order mentioned. The matter has now been listed for July 22.
When contacted earlier, AUD PR’s workplace had advised The Indian Specific, “An enquiry was carried out at an acceptable degree and irregularities have been present in these appointments. The enquiry report was positioned earlier than BoM in its assembly held on February 3. Accordingly, the choice was taken by the BoM.”
Director Greater Training Azimul Haque had additionally mentioned there was a “Supreme Court docket order which prohibits such regularisation and says it quantities to again door entry”.