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HC sets aside regularisation of outsourced staff by power utilities
The High Court at Hyderabad prima facie found the absorption of over 20,000 outsourced employees into power utilities in Telangana as a backdoor recruitment in violation of earlier judgments and therefore termed it illegal.Â
​Hyderabad: The High Court at Hyderabad prima facie found the absorption of over 20,000 outsourced employees into power utilities in Telangana as a backdoor recruitment in violation of earlier judgments and therefore termed it illegal.
In an interim order, it suspended the orders issued by the Telangana power utilities in this regard and directed them to stop all activities related to the absorption of these employees. The court, however, permitted the power utilities to utilise the services of these outsourced employees by paying consolidated amounts.
The division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice J Uma Devi gave these orders on Wednesday while hearing a PIL moved by an unemployed youth from Warangal district M Shravan Kumar challenging the orders of absorption issued by the power utilities.
Appearing on behalf of the petitioner, senior counsel S Satyam Reddy argued that this method of “absorption” was a clever attempt by the Respondents to circumvent the clear-cut orders of this court against regularisation of contract employees.
He said this would impact the unemployed youth in a big way as their opportunities are being snatched away. He charged that those who have been working since December 4, 2016 have also been absorbed.
The bench expressed its concurrence with the view that this process would affect the unemployed youth and that it would amount to backdoor recruitment in violation of the High Court orders. It also wanted the Respondents to explain the rationale behind choosing the cut-off date as early as December 4, 2016.
Telangana Advocate General D Prakash Reddy in his arguments submitted that a total of 20,903 persons were being absorbed and in them over 17,000 persons have been working for the power utilities for over 10 years. Only 3000-odd persons have been working for the last three years.
He said these employees were qualified persons with requisite experience. They were being paid very meagre amounts and the state intended to set right the exploitation of these employees by absorbing them and ending the outsourced category in the power utilities. The court directed the Respondents to file detailed counter affidavits in this regard and adjourned the case by four weeks.
