In a major employee friendly decision, the Punjab Cabinet led Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday approved a policy for regularising services of Adhoc, Contractual, Daily Wages, Work Charged and Temporary employees thereby benefitting around 9000 employees of the state government.
A decision to this effect was taken in a meeting of Council of Ministers chaired by the Chief Minister here at the Punjab Civil Secretariat- I.
Previously various appointments to 'Group C' and 'Group D' level posts in government had been made on contract/temporary basis on the basis of imminent requirement and exigencies of service. Some of such employees have now put in a period of more than 10 years and had given their prime years of life in service of the state. The Cabinet opined that now at this stage, to relieve these employees or to replace them in this capacity in service with another set of people will be unjustified and improper.
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Thus, being a Welfare State and to protect the interest of these contractual temporary employees, state government has formulated a Policy for welfare of Adhoc, Contractual, Daily wages, work charged and temporary employees under Article 162 read with entry 41 of list-II of the Seventh Schedule of Constitution of India, to ensure that such employees do not suffer from uncertainty and harassment and to grant them a security of tenure.
The state government has taken a policy decision to continue such desirous suitable employees, who fulfill the eligibility conditions, in service till the age of 58 years by placing them in a special cadre. The present policy, which will benefit more than 9000 employees, has been framed only in relation to Group C & Group D posts of administrative departments and entities of the State of Punjab.