The Modi government at the Center had recently removed the 58-year-old ban on government employees participating in the activities of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). While the opposition criticized this decision, the ruling party called it a better decision. Now Madhya Pradesh High Court has also commented in this matter. On Thursday, the High Court said that it took almost five decades for the government to realize its mistake.
The High Court said that it took almost five decades for the Central Government to realize that ‘world famous organizations like Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’ were wrongly included in the list of banned organizations for government employees.
It took five decades to realize the mistake
According to PTI, this comment of the High Court came when the bench of Justice Sushruta Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Gajendra Singh disposed of the writ petition of retired central government employee Purushottam Gupta. Gupta had filed a petition in the High Court on September 19 last year challenging the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules as well as the Centre’s office memorandums, which were preventing government employees from participating in union activities.
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The bench said, “The court regrets that it took almost five decades for the Central Government to realize its mistake; to admit that an internationally renowned organization like the RSS was wrongly classified as a banned organization in the country.” I went.”
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The court further said, ‘Due to this restriction, the aspirations of many central government employees to serve the country in these five decades were diminished, which was only removed when it was brought to the notice of this court through the present proceedings.’
The bench directed the Department of Personnel and Training of the Central Government and the Ministry of Home Affairs to publicly display on the home page of their official websites the office memorandum dated July 9, through which the government employees are prohibited from participating in union activities. Was removed.
“Therefore, we direct the Department of Personnel and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India to prominently publish the information regarding the amendment dated 9th July 2024 in the orders issued earlier regarding the ban on the home page of their official website. The court said that this step has been taken to ensure that all government employees and the general public are aware of the change in policy.
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