A 64-year-old retired typist successfully petitioned the Karnataka High Court for service regularisation after having served the Directorate of Municipal Administration for 34 years as a daily wage worker. The Court ruled that the state cannot engage employees on daily wages for the majority of their careers while denying them employment security and benefits.
Judgement
The High Court directed the state to regularise the petitioner's services retrospectively, ensuring she receives back pay and retirement benefits despite having already retired.
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The Karnataka High Court set aside a single bench order and directed the regularisation of Geeta Ramappa Terdal, who served 34 years as a daily wage typist. The court emphasized that the state cannot deny employment security to workers for decades and ruled that her retirement did not preclude her from seeking regularisation.
Karnataka High Court ruling: State cannot retain daily wage workers for decades without regular employment security. Read how 64-year-old typist Geeta Ramappa Terdal won her legal battle after serving 34 years at the Directorate of Municipal Administration.
Bengaluru: The state cannot employ workers on daily wages for the greater part of their working lives and deny them the security of regular...
Karnataka HC orders regularisation of retired 64-year-old woman's 34-year daily-wage service with back pay and benefits.
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