HC rules in favour of regularisation of Koraput daily wager

Cuttack: Orissa high court has held a person who has served on a daily wage without any break in engagement for over 20 years is fit for “appropriate consideration” for regularisation of his service.
The single-judge bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy gave the ruling while considering the case of Krushna Chandra Mahapatra, who joined as a night watcher-cum-sweeper in the office of sub-registrar, Machkund in Koraput district on Jan 2, 2004.He is continuing in the same post on a daily wage. He sought the court’s intervention for regularisation of his service. State govt contended that since Krushna is being paid from contingency fund, he is not eligible for regularisation.
Justice Satapathy in his order on Aug 8 said, “...this court is of the view that claim of the petitioner to get the benefit of regularisation requires appropriate consideration by district registrar, Koraput.”TNN