Agartala, Jun 10, 2024, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, June 10: A large number of casual workers of the state health department on Monday gathered here in the office of the directorate of the state health services and tabled a deputation with the director to demand either regularization of their service or initiate equal pay for equal work at per the regular employees.

According to the casual workers, they have been working in the department for more than ten years and as per existing rules they qualify for regularization in service but the state government has not taken any initiative in this regard despite repeated appeals.

Ratan Debnath, who led the deputation on behest of the casual workers said that earlier they filed a case in the High Court making a plea for regularization in service and accordingly the High Court in its order on May 13 last asked the government for equal pay for equal work in case of non-regularisation of the service of the casual workers.

“We came here to meet in deputation with the director along with the High Court order to ensure that the government initiate at least equal pay for equal work for the casual workers of the department,” he told reporters.