The Madras High Court on Wednesday held granting permanent employee status to casual labourers based on the orders of the Labour court would become an illegal channel of appointment and amount to violation of Constitutional provisions, including reservation.
Such as practice was going on for the purpose of securing public appointments across the state, more specifically, in government undertakings, organisations and departments, the court said adding it would encourage backdoor entry bypassing recruitment norms.
Coming down on the Inspectors of Labour for mechanically passing orders conferring such permanent status without following the legal principles settled by the Supreme Court, Justice S M Subramaniam said the contract workers have no right of permanent absorption and join work knowing the terms and conditions.
The judge made the observations in his order dismissing a petition jointly filed by 33 people who were appointed during 2003-2008 on daily wages basis ...
