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MP govt gives 50% reservation to contract workers in junior engineer hiring
MP govt gives 50% reservation to contract workers in junior engineer hiring
The Madhya Pradesh Water Resources Department and the Public Health Engineering Department have amended the recruitment process for junior engineer posts, introducing a 50% reservation for eligible contract workers. The decision was taken at the government level after a petition was filed in the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The new provision will benefit contract employees who have been working for a long time, allowing them to gain direct recruitment through the revised rules. The change came after the recruitment advertisement did not include any reservation for contract workers, leading to the court petition.
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The amendment directly links a court petition to a policy change, but leaves unresolved how the 50% quota will interact with existing reservation categories or whether it applies to all contract workers meeting the eligibility criteria. The affected employees stand to gain a clearer path to permanent positions, while the departments now face the task of revising the recruitment advertisement to reflect the new provision. The next step will be the High Court's review of the government's compliance with its earlier petition.
Source: amarujala.com
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