By Special Correspondent
Bhopal: Two prominent employee organisations in Madhya Pradesh have urged the State government not to challenge in the Supreme Court the High Court’s decision striking down the rule that provided newly recruited employees only 70%, 80% and 90% stipend during their first three years of service.
The Madhya Pradesh Mantralaya Seva Adhikari Karmachari Sangh and the Madhya Pradesh Nigam Mandal Karmachari Mahasangh described a possible appeal as an insensitive step that could strain relations between the government and its employees.
Sangh president Engineer Sudhir Nayak and Mahasangh State president Ajay Srivastava appealed to Chief Minister Mohan Yadav to intervene and prevent unnecessary litigation. They said the High Court’s ruling was based on the principle of “equal pay for equal work”, making the chances of relief in the Supreme Court extremely slim.
The organisations also referred to a 2009 Supreme Court observation discouraging the practice of filing appeals in every adverse order, and a 2010 State circular advising departments to act as responsible litigants. They warned that pursuing an appeal would violate this spirit and damage the government’s employee-friendly image.
