Farmers Movement Archive

HC notice to Haryana for sacking over stir link

Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has issued a notice to the Haryana government and the civil surgeon-cum-chairman, executive committee, district health and family welfare, Mewat, on a plea filed by an employee whose services were terminated on the suspicion of participating in the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s agriculture laws. The HC has also ordered the authorities to keep the post of senior treatment supervisor (STS), which was earlier being manned by the petitioner, till the next date of hearing. Justice Arun Monga passed these orders while hearing a petition filed by Rajuddin, a native of Nuh district of Mewat area of Haryana. The petitioner was appointed as senior treatment supervisor under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2014 by the civil surgeon at Mandikhera in Mewat. Petitioner’s counsel, Mohd Arsad, submitted before the court that the petitioner had been serving uninterruptedly since 2014. However, merely on a vague allegation/suspicion of the petitioner having participated in the strike call given by farmers at Tikri border, Delhi, on December 5, 2020, the petitioner’s services had been summarily terminated through an order passed on February 25, 2021, without holding any inquiry or giving any showcause notice or opportunity of being heard in person. The court was also informed that due to the current pandemic situation, the petitioner was earlier unable to challenge the termination order as the courts were earlier working under certain restrictions which had only been relaxed recently. The court asked the state authorities why the termination order should not be stayed. The matter has now been fixed for July 16 for further hearing.

The Times of India

2021-06-30

Chandigarh