Rail employee8217;s regularisation claim accepted

CHANDIGARH, July 15: The Central Administrative Tribunal has accepted the regularisation claim of Prithi Chand, a Challandar in Northern ...

CHANDIGARH, July 15: The Central Administrative Tribunal has accepted the regularisation claim of Prithi Chand, a Challandar in Northern Railway, under Inspector of Works, Kathua Jamp;K.

The applicant pleaded that he joined as Khalasi in 1984 and was promoted as Challandar in March, 1990 along with the pay scale of the post. However, in 1996 a large number of employees, including him, were screened by the screening committee. He was found fit for the post of Gangman Khalasi instead of regular appointment as Challandar. His prayer for regularisation as Challandar was rejected.

Disputing the claim of the applicant, the respondents contended that he was posted as Decasualised Challandar purely on temporary basis without any right to regularisation with specific condition that such arrangement would not confer upon him any right for being regularised on a permanent post.

The bench observed that under the instructions of 1985 the railway administration was required to regularise the casual labourer working in C category after screening them in D category but their pay and allowances would be protected until their promotion to C category. Casual workers who had worked in C category for 5 years would be screened in C category and absorbed against such posts, the bench further observed.

While setting aside the orders of the administration in rejecting his claim for regularisation as Challandar the respondents were directed to consider his case under the instructions of 1985 within three months.

I-T dept action upheld
A cat bench, comprising judicial member Jasbir S. Dhaliwal, partly allowed the case filed by Ravinder Kumar, a driver in income-tax department, challenging cancellation of allotment of government flat in his favour. He had also been declared ineligible for allotment of government house for a period of three years.

The applicant had applied for change of government house alloted to him, alleging nuisance by his neighbour. But applicant8217;s flat was cancelled and he was debarred for three years from procuring a government house. He challenged the order on the ground that it was passed without issuing any show cause notice to him and he was not given proper hearing.

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The respondents brought to CAT notice that on the applicant8217;s request a probe was conducted by the inquiry committee which found that the applicant himself was to be blamed for the entire episode and concluded that his conduct was dangerous for the peaceful atmosphere in the income-tax colony.

Rejecting the plea of the applicant, the bench observed that the inquiry committee had given him full hearing and there was fair adherence to principles of natural justice. However, debarring him for three years from procuring a government house was found to be without any legal sanction and was set aside.