HC upholds Govt decision on 20,000 Chowkidars for schools

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, July 11: High Court today upheld the policy decision of Government to engage Chowkidars (Watch and Ward) for Government Schools and dismissed the petition seeking quashing of the policy.
The petitioners Mudasir Ahmad Beigh and others filed two writ petition challenging the Government order bearing NO. 690-Edu of 2018 dated 18.5.2018 and endorsement No. Edu/Plan-SE/898/2018-19 dated 18.5.2018 issued for engagement of 20000 Chowkidars (Watch and Ward) in Government Schools.
Their grievance before the Court was that they have been engaged in the Education Department in the capacity of Sweeper-cum-Chowkidar (Watch and Ward) and are working as such for the last more than two decades as such are entitled to regularization in terms of the rules instead of fresh recruitment on these posts.
Court of Justice MK Hanjura while dismissing these petitions said, the order impugned does not have the color of the creation of posts which may be temporary or permanent ones in nature and it provides that the School Education Department shall appropriately work out a framework/ mechanism for regularization of these engagees after seven years of continuous and satisfactory engagement separately.
Justice Hanjura said, it is only when the posts are created which may be temporary ones or permanent ones or if the engagees are allowed to steal a march over the heads of the petitioners and are regularized that will a give a cause to the petitioners to assert their right.
“In view of the preceding analysis, the petitions of the petitioners do not merit any consideration. These entail dismissal and are, accordingly, dismissed”, reads the Judgment.

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