Chandigarh, Jan. 2 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has said that the state government is expected to act as a parent towards its employees, especially in those cases where they belong to an illiterate class and the lowest strata of society.

The high court bench of justice Sandeep Moudgil while allowing regularisation of services of 50 odd workers said that once the Haryana government formulated and published a regularisation policy, it was under obligation to implement the same, particularly when hundreds of similarly situated employees were considered.

"The state is expected to act promptly and not allow its officials to remain in a state of inaction, thereby compelling employees to approach the court for enforcement of their lega...