A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced abolition of contractual jobs in the State Government, a notification was issued on Sunday paving the way for regularisation of the jobs of over 57,000 contractual employees.
This has been done by repealing the Odisha group B posts (Contractual Appointment) Rules 2013 and to provide special regulations to regulate the services of the employees appointed on contractual basis. A fresh notification in this regard was issued by the General Administration and Public Grievance Department.
As per the notification, these rules would now be called the Odisha Group B, C and D posts (Repeal and Special Provisions) Rules, 2022. The initial appointees appointed under the contractual rules now in positions shall be deemed to have been appointed against the post on regular basis as on the date of commencement of these rules.
On such regular appointments, the pay of such employees would be fixed by way of granting notional increments considering the date of their contractual appointment.
The employees, who have regularly appointed in the service after completion of six years of service under the respective contractual rules, would be allowed for fixation of their pay as on the date of commencement of these rules by way of granting notional increments considering the date of their contractual appointment.
The employees whose service has been regularised would be allowed service benefits like promotion. In the cadre on notional basis to which they would have been entitled as per rules, had they been recruited on a regular basis. On commencement of these rules, the employees would be assigned seniority in the cadre to which they would have been entitled as per rules, had they been recruited on regular basis.