Proposals to regularise contractual employees

The Delhi government has sought proposals from its various departments by November 15 regarding regularisation of contractual employees, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said.

Mr Kejriwal, however, indicated that if lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung doesn’t give his nod to government’s proposals, it will move the Supreme Court as there is an apex court’s order on regularisation of contractual employees. “The Delhi Cabinet had last year decided to make a policy to regularise contractual employees of all departments. To begin with, Education Department had prepared a proposal in this regard and it was sent to the L-G for his nod. However, the L-G has not given his approval so far,” he told reporters here.

Instead of getting proposals from different departments in a series, “we have directed all departments to send their proposals by November 15 so that government will take decision on all proposals together,” he added. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by the CM at his official residence on Saturday. Chief Secretary K.K. Sharma has been directed to monitor the progress on various departments’ proposals. The Aam Aadmi Party had promised to regularise all contractual employees.