'Lost job for moving HC seeking staff regularisation'

A 52-year-old man, who until March this year worked as accountant with the District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) in Madurai, has alleged that his contract was not renewed over his efforts to secure regularisation and service benefits for long-serving contractual staff by moving court.

- SUBASHINI VIJAYAKUMAR

He has submitted petitions with the Madurai district collector as well as the social welfare minister seeking extension of his service.

R Pitchaimani joined the Madurai DCPU as an accountant in August 2012. He was among more than 500 personnel engaged on consolidated pay under the Integrated Child Protection Scheme, now known as Mission Vatsalya.

For years, Pitchaimani said he handled accounts for the DCPU, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) and children’s homes. Department records show that his contractual engagement had been renewed periodically for over a decade.