It is the constitutional position that recruitment to government posts or posts in the semi-government bodies can be done only through open competition after advertising the posts in open market.
New government in Delhi seems to have decided to make the contract employees permanent without following above procedure.
The contract employees were not so recruited. The posts were not advertised as permanent. Had they been advertised as permanent posts, many persons would have applied and got selected.
This is giving government employment through backdoor and is unconstitutional.
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