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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
DINESH MEHTA
Shobha Soni – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
Order
13/01/2025
1. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the order dated 05.02.2024 issued by the respondent no.1 (Commissioner & Special Secretary & CEO, Rajasthan State Child Protection Society), whereby sanction has been given to take services of Protection Officers (12) and Outreach Workers (11) in various districts on ‘Job Work Basis’ through a placement agency.
2. The petitioners have challenged such decision of the respondent - State on the ground that such posts are required to be filled-in by way of regular recruitment; that as per the ‘Mission Vatsalya’ Guidelines (Annexure-10), the Protection Officers and Outreach Workers are required to be selected as per clause (i) of Para (B) of District Annexure-III, whereas, the respondents are going to engage persons to work as Protection Officers and Outreach Workers through a placement agency.
3. While maintaining that the duties of Protection Officers and Outreach Workers cannot be brought within the ambit of services, learned counsel for the petitioners argued that the State’s decision to engage persons under the provisions of Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 2012 (hereinafter referr
The court ruled that the roles of Protection Officers and Outreach Workers are statutory and must be filled through regular recruitment, not outsourced via a placement agency.
The Rules of 2022 regulate contractual employment, ensuring equal treatment for employees appointed through placement agencies if they meet specified criteria.
Each of the Court premises should have child friendly courts and vulnerable witness courts and in this regard, we direct all the District Judges concerned to ensure that child friendly courts are mad....
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