Odisha Govt issues notification for abolishment of contractual recruitment
Odisha Govt issues notification for abolishment of contractual recruitment
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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday issued a notification to abolish the system to create arrangements for regularising more than 57,000 contractual workers, a day after announcing the end of contractual recruiting.
General Administration and Public Grievance Department has issued a notification in this regard.
Following the cabinet decision on Saturday night, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik addressed the populace and announced the decision. According to the Chief Minister, the government will invest roughly Rs 1,300 crore annually to regularise the contractual workers.
In order to provide particular regulations to regulate the services of the personnel hired on a contractual basis, the Odisha group B posts (Contractual Appointment) Rules 2013 and group C posts as well as group d posts (Contractual Appointment) Rules 2013 were repealed.
Following are the special provisions as stated in the notice:
- On such regular appointments, the pay of such employees shall be fixed by way of granting notional increments considering the date of their contractual appointment.
- The employees who have been regularly appointed in the service after completion of six years of service under the respective Contractual Rules shall be allowed for fixation of their pay as on the date of commencement of these rules by way of granting notional increments considering the date of their contractual appointment.
- The employees whose services have been so regularised shall be allowed service benefits like promotion etc. in the cadre on the notional basis to which they would have been entitled as per rules, had they been recruited on regular basis.
- On commencement of the rules, the employees shall be assigned seniority in the cadre to which they would have been entitled as per rules, had they been recruited on regular basis.
It is important to note that hundreds of contract workers from various government agencies held a large protest in September calling for the complete elimination of the contractual appointment system in the state administration.
The CM allegedly pledged to eliminate the contractual appointment regulations after a discussion on October 13 according to the Odisha Government Contractual Employees Association (OGCEA).
