The Telangana High Court has quashed the BRS government’s controversial Government Order (GO) No. 16, which allowed the regularization of contract employees in various sectors. The court declared that the order, issued under Section 10(A), was unconstitutional and violated provisions of the Constitution.
While striking down the order, the court made it clear that the government could not terminate employees who had already been regularized. However, it ruled that no further contract employees should be regularized in the future. The court emphasized that vacancies should be filled in accordance with legal procedures, maintaining transparency and fairness in recruitment.
The GO No. 16 had been issued by the BRS government to regularize contract employees, particularly in educational and healthcare sectors. As part of the decision, around 5,544 contract workers were made permanent, including 2,909 junior lecturers, 390 polytechnic teachers, 837 medical assistants in the health department, and several other positions across 40 government departments.
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The decision was challenged by unemployed youth, who approached the court arguing that the regularization process violated established rules. Their petitions claimed that the government’s action was contrary to Supreme Court rulings on the matter. Lawyers representing the petitioners highlighted that GO No. 16 went against the principles established in previous verdicts.
In response, the court acknowledged the existing regularized employees but stressed that the government must follow lawful procedures for filling vacancies going forward. It also ruled that the practice of regularizing contract workers in this manner could not continue.
This judgment has significant implications for the BRS government’s employment policies, especially regarding its efforts to address unemployment through the regularization of contract staff. The government’s decision to regularize thousands of contract workers had been a point of contention, and the court’s verdict now sets clear boundaries for future recruitment practices in Telangana.
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