Labour & Service
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Employers' Association Against State Govt's Minimum Wage Hike Notification
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (June 2) issued notice on a plea challenging State government's May 22 notification proposing minimum wage hike for 81 scheduled employments.The single judge bench of Justice Jyothi M was hearing a writ petition filed by the Karnataka Employers' Association (KEA) and another entity, which contends that the state government issued the notification by...
Rajasthan High Court Directs Formation Of Panel To Examine Issue Of Faulty Answer Keys, Wrong Questions In Public Recruitment Exams
Expressing concern at recurring instances of faulty answer keys and incorrect questions in public recruitment exams, the Rajasthan High Court directed the State to constitute a "High Level Committee of Senior IAS Officers" to examine the issue and formulate an SOP ensuring transparency and accuracy in future recruitment exams. The court passed the direction, while upholding the right...
CCS Rules | Temporary Status Casual Labourer Entitled To Pension Even Without Formal Regularisation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 1) delivered a significant ruling in favour of long-serving casual workers, holding that employees who have performed work of a permanent and continuous nature for the government over extended periods are entitled to pensionary benefits even in the absence of formal regularisation. The Court held that such casual workers are entitled to benefits equivalent...
Non-Supply Of ACRs, Destruction Of Service Records Caused Prejudice : Supreme Court Grants Enhanced Pension To Retired Railway Doctor
The Supreme Court has granted notional promotion and enhanced pensionary benefits to a retired Indian Railway Medical Service (IRMS) officer, holding that the non-supply of her Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs), destruction of her service records during pendency of litigation and irregular assessment of her performance had caused prejudice to her claim for promotion.A Bench of Justice...
Railway Servant Is Central Govt Employee, Railway Service Entitled To Weightage In New Service : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Railway Service would be treated as a 'civil post' under the Central Government, and therefore ex-Railway employees are entitled to weightage for the services rendered by them in Railways in pay revision, while joining a different new service“…a railway servant is also a Government servant though it is not the CCS (Conduct) Rules but the...
Ad Hoc Promotion Made In Excess Of Quota, As Stop-Gap Arrangement, Doesn't Confer Any Right To Claim Seniority: Himachal Pradesh High Court
A Division Bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin C. Negi held that ad hoc promotion made in excess of prescribed quota and as a stop-gap arrangement does not confer any right to claim seniority from the date of such ad hoc service.Background Facts The appellant was an employee of the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity...
Employment Of Family Member On Low-Paid Post Can't Be Ground To Deny Compassionate Appointment: Chhattisgarh HC
A Division Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal held that compassionate appointment cannot be denied solely because another family member is employed, without assessing the family's actual financial distress, especially when the policy's humanitarian object is to provide immediate relief.Background Facts The father of...
Revised Pay Rules | Doctors Consciously Engaged In Private Practice Can't Seek Non Practicing Allowance Attached To Surrender: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court set aside the order that directed the State to step up the pay of those Medical Officers who had not opted for Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA), to ensure their pay parity with their juniors who had opted for the NPA.For context, the law provides for payment of NPA (calculated at 20% of the Basic Pay) to those Medical Officers who choose to not undertake any private...
Acquittal On Merits Doesn't Automatically Confer Right To Full Back Wages: Chhattisgarh HC
A Division Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal held that an employee dismissed due to criminal conviction is not entitled to back wages merely because he is acquitted, since the principle of “no work no pay” applies and acquittal does not automatically erase the consequences of the conviction.Background Facts...
Policy Protecting Near-Retirement Employees Doesn't Apply If Over 1 Year Of Service Remains: Chhattisgarh High Court
A Division Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru held that Clause 1.6 of the Transfer Policy (protecting employees with less than one year of service from transfer) does not apply when the employee has more than one year of service remaining before retirement.Background Facts The appellant was working as a Forest...
Reservation Can't Justify “Complete Abandonment Of Merit”: Rajasthan HC Quashes Selection Of 1200+ Class-IV Candidates With Near-Zero Marks
The Rajasthan High Court has quashed the selection list to the extent of around 1200 candidates of Class IV government employees, mostly within the reserved category, who were selected despite having achieved zero or virtually zero marks in the written examination. State has been directed to undertake fresh exercise of preparation of merit list to this extent.The bench of Justice Anand...