SC upholds HC order favouring AMC employees
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier decision of a division bench of the Gujarat high court wherein the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation was ordered to regularly pay the salary to the temporary staff in the octroi department.

About 31 temporary staff had earlier filed a writ application at the high court contending that as they had worked for about 900 days in the last five years at the AMC, they should be inducted into the organisation. But the single judge bench of the court rejected the writ plea. The employees then filed a leave petition at the high court and the division bench passed an order in favour of the employees.

The AMC then moved to Supreme Court challenging the high court order. Senior advocate Yatin Oza appearing for the employees said the employees were entitled to be regularised as per the corporation’s rule. He also said even the division bench of the high court had ordered in favour of the employees. The SC then upheld the decision of the division bench of the Gujarat high court in favour of the employees.

Republished from The Asian Age