HC notice to state over pay cut -

HC notice to state over pay cut - 

The Times Of India

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Jodhpur:24.09.2020

The high court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government while hearing a petition challenging the order to deduct two days’ salary of the employees.

Challenging this order of the government dated September 8, petitioner Gopal Sandu argued that it was illegal and the government was not authorised to issue such order either under Disaster Management Act or any other act or ordinance. Terming the order an arbitrary one, Sandu argued that the state government could not deduct the salary of its employees in such a manner.

It may be noted that state government, through a circular dated September 8, 2020, had ordered all the departmental heads and district magistrates to deduct two days’ salary of all the employees from the gross salary of September payable in October citing economic condition of the state arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This deducted amount was to be deposited in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for relief to the coronavirus infected persons of the state.

This order was applicable on all the corporations, boards, commissions, autonomous bodies, cooperative committees and government undertakings etc., except the employees from judicial and medical & health departments along with the constables of police department and class 4 employees.