Delhi government not to sack contractual employees

The Arvind Kejriwal government has decided not to terminate the services of contractual employees till further instructions, an official said Tuesday.

"This is the first step towards regularisation of contractual employees as promised by AAP (Aam Aadmi Party)," a Delhi minister, who did not want to be named, told IANS.

An official statement said: "The government would like to take a view on the existing policy regarding status of contractual employees engaged in various departments and organizations under Delhi government.

"Therefore services of contractual employees engaged by the departments should not be terminated till further instructions in the matter. If any terminations are likely to take place, the same should be stopped till further orders," said the statement.

There are around one lakh contractual employees working in various departments of the government who were promised regularisation ahead of the Delhi polls Feb 7 by the AAP.

The party registered a stunning win in Delhi winning 67 of the 70 seats and thus forming the government.