The High Court has given a big decision that no employee will be regularized under the 1996 policy. However, employees found eligible under the 2003 and 2011 policies will be regularized within six months.
Haryana Contract Employees: There is good news for the temporary employees of Haryana. Punjab-Haryana High Court has given a big decision regarding regularization. The High Court has clarified that all the employees appointed under the prescribed procedure should be regularized within 6 months under the policy of 2003 and 2011. Now no employee will be regularized under the policy of 1996.
The High Court has clarified in its order that if an employee is eligible as per these policies, then he should be given the outstanding salary from the date of filing the petition in the court, but no interest will be given on it. If an employee has already retired, then his pension and other financial benefits will also be re-determined.
This is the whole matter
Actually, employees working in various departments of Haryana government, municipal corporations and public sector companies had filed 151 petitions in the High Court demanding regularization of service. These workers had demanded regularization under the policies of 1996, 2003 and 2011.
On Thursday, a bench headed by Justice Jagmohan Bansal of Punjab and Haryana High Court, while disposing of the petitions filed under various policies, clarified that no employee will be regularized under the 1996 policy. However, the employees found eligible under the policies of 2003 and 2011 will be regularized within six months.
It was also clarified that following the decisions of the Supreme Court, only those employees can be regularized who were appointed under the proper procedure and who are eligible in the policies already issued.
Waiting for Supreme Court’s decision
The Punjab Haryana High Court clarified that the employees appointed in 2014 will not get any benefit under any of the earlier policies. Employees who will not be eligible under the 2003 and 2011 policy will be considered under the new Act implemented in 2024. The Punjab Haryana High Court clarified that the claims of such employees will be reconsidered only after the final decision of the Supreme Court on the validity of the 2014 policy.
