Hry: Contracts not renewed, over 1.2k employees jobless

THESE INCLUDE 252 PGTS RECRUITED THROUGH THE HARYANA KAUSHAL ROZGAR NIGAM LTD, GOVT SAYS POSTS FILLED BY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES

- Sunil Rahar

ROHTAK: Service of over 1,200 contractual employees, including 252 post-graduate teachers (PGTS) recruited through the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam limited (HKRNL) were ended by the state government and their one-year contracts were not renewed citing that their posts were filled by permanent employees.

The government has removed HKRNL employees from the forest department in Jind, Fatehabad, Sonepat and other parts of the state. The contractual junior engineers recruited through HKRNL in the development and panchayat department were also removed from their posts in Karnal, Sonepat and Yamunanagar and they were asked to be relieved from their post.

As many as 1.20 lakh contractual employees are recruited under the Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam limited, which was incorporated under the companies act, 2013 on October 13, 2021.

The employees under the HKRNL are recruited against the permanent vacant posts and their contract renewed after 12 months.