Nagpur, Nov. 27 -- The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has issued notices to the Maharashtra government and the Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station (CSTPS) on a petition filed by 85 Project-Affected Persons (PAPs) seeking regularisation of service.
The petitioners have challenged the alleged practice of engaging PAPs as trainees for several years without extending regular employment benefits. They contended that this violates the Government Resolution (GR) of January 21, 1980, the Maharashtra Project Affected Persons Rehabilitation Act, 1999 and administrative circulars of the state power generation and distribution companies.
The plea, filed through Adv. Ashish Fule, also questioned a recruitment advertisement issued on December...