The action of the State government and the Bangalore University in refusing to regularise service of around 50 Group-D employees solely citing financial burden of ₹1.36 crore for regularisation amounts to exploitation of their labour for about 20-24 years as they are otherwise eligible for regularisation of services as per the law, observed the High Court of Karnataka.
While directing the Government to consider the varsity’s proposal for regularisation of these employees, the Court also directed the varsity not to shirk its responsibility to consider the cases of the petitioner-employees for regularisation if the Government leaves it to the discretion of the former.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing the petitions filed by Hanumantharayappa V and others.
