Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Oct 8: Government today stated that 60682 casual, contractual and dailywage workers have been engaged in various departments since April 1994.
In a written reply to the questions to five MLCs that include Ali Mohammad Dar, Sham Lal Bhagat, Master Noor Hussain, Ashok Khajuria and Vibodh Gupta, the Finance Minister stated that these workers have been engaged in nearly 30 departments.
The Government has further stated that no general policy for regularization of such workers has been framed yet. “However, in some departments like Power Development Department and Higher Education Department, there is a provision in applicable service recruitment rules, in terms of which PDL/ TDL are being regularized by the departments themselves,” the Government stated.
The Government further stated that the Home Department has converted 3,113 Special Police Officers (SPOs) as followers and constables after putting in place various measures.
About whether the Government has framed any policy about the regularization of these dailywagers and whether they are giving any relaxation in certain cases also with special references to over-aged dailywagers, the Finance Ministry stated that no such policy has been framed yet.
“However, in order to address the issue, the Government contemplates to constitute a high power Committee to examine the issue and make recommendations,” the Finance Ministry added in its reply.
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