New Delhi, 28 November. Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) has congratulated the PTI Employees Union for the spectacular interim relief order from the High Court of Delhi which has stayed the illegal retrenchment of 297 employees of the PTI. In his well reasoned order Justice Harishankar has also settled the legal position that since the functions of the Press Trust of India (PTI) are very much akin to the ‘public character’ therefore, it falls in the category of the ‘State’ under article 12 of the Constitution of India.
It may be noted that the Management of the PTI, the premier news agency of India, had on 29th of September retrenched the services of 297 employees without issuing any notice to them. Moreover, the PTI management did not fulfill any of the mandatory provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, the Factory Act or the Working Journalists Act.
Welcoming the verdict of the Delhi High Court, the IFWJ President B.V. Mallikarjunaiah and Secretary General Parmanand Pandey have asked the PTI Management to honour the most prudent order of the High Court and immediately take back all employees on duty and pay them their illegally withheld wages. They have urged that the managements of other media organisations to take a lesson from this order of High Court and desist from hiring and firing the employees as per their whims.
The IFWJ has been fighting shoulder to shoulder with the PTI employees union. In a similar statement the President of the Delhi Union of Working Journalists (DUWJ) Alkshendra Singh Negi has asked the Central and State governments to forthwith intervene to stop the victimisation of the employees in different media organisations particularly for demanding the implementation of the Majithia Award.
Sribhagwan Bhardwaj
Office Secretary: IFWJ
It may be noted that the Management of the PTI, the premier news agency of India, had on 29th of September retrenched the services of 297 employees without issuing any notice to them. Moreover, the PTI management did not fulfill any of the mandatory provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, the Factory Act or the Working Journalists Act.
Welcoming the verdict of the Delhi High Court, the IFWJ President B.V. Mallikarjunaiah and Secretary General Parmanand Pandey have asked the PTI Management to honour the most prudent order of the High Court and immediately take back all employees on duty and pay them their illegally withheld wages. They have urged that the managements of other media organisations to take a lesson from this order of High Court and desist from hiring and firing the employees as per their whims.
The IFWJ has been fighting shoulder to shoulder with the PTI employees union. In a similar statement the President of the Delhi Union of Working Journalists (DUWJ) Alkshendra Singh Negi has asked the Central and State governments to forthwith intervene to stop the victimisation of the employees in different media organisations particularly for demanding the implementation of the Majithia Award.
Sribhagwan Bhardwaj
Office Secretary: IFWJ
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