Peon Served For 20 Yrs On Temporary Basis Despite Clear Vacancy- "It Amounts To Employee's Exploitation": Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court last week expressed its displeasure with the state government for employing a person (as a Night Watcher-cum-Peon) on a temporary basis for 20 years despite there being a clear vacancy against the post. Hearing the plea of one Jambeswar Sahoo who worked for 20 years-long as an ad hoc employee, the Bench of Justice Biswanath Rath observed, "The matter of taking...