The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Jammu and Kashmir administration, expressing displeasure. Because the administration did not follow the order of the 2007 High Court, in which regularization of daily wages was directed. SC has described it as a direct example of stubbornness and stubborn attitude. During the hearing of the case, a bench of Supreme Court judges Suryakant and N. Kotishwar Singh said that the state administration has harassed them by passing unclear orders instead of implementing the decision in favor of the workers working for 14 to 19 years.
The Supreme Court said in the order on March 7, ‘This case is a’ textbook example ‘of disregard of law on behalf of the state officials. The court said that this is shocking and at first sight, it is like the court’s contempt that it was spent 16 years to implement the order of an ordinary High Court.
Supreme Court upset the administration
Along with this, the Supreme Court also upheld the fine of Rs 25,000 imposed on the administration by the High Court. The court said that the officials should be strictly punished. During the hearing, the court said, ‘We are not only concerned about delay, but also the fact that the poor daily salaried people were repeatedly harassed by the authorities’.
HC ordered to take action against officials
The High Court had ordered 2024 to take action against the officials on the contempt petition. On 4 December 2024, the High Court refused to give any relief to the administration. When the administration’s lawyer said that the High Court had ordered the arrest of the officials, the judge Suryakant said, ‘Good, the single judge corrected’.
The court said that the matter is Nazir and the officers guilty should be fined heavy. However, contempt proceedings are still going on in the High Court, so the Supreme Court has not given any additional punishment at the moment. But the Supreme Court ordered the High Court to hear the case every week so that the dignity and respect of the law remains.
In 2006, workers of Rural Development Department filed a petition
In fact, SRO 64 (1994) is an order issued by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, which determines the rules for regularization of daily salaried employees of the state government. In 2006, some workers of the Rural Development Department filed a petition in the High Court. He said that he has been working for 14 to 19 years, but he was not regularized under SRO 64.
In 2007, the High Court ruled in favor of the workers, but the administration did not implement the order for 16 years. Now the High Court imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Jammu and Kashmir administration and said that the amount should be recovered from the salary of the officer who had advised to appeal against the contempt petition.