Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court admonished the secretary of the labour department for not taking steps to constitute a state-level Social Security Board (SSB) for unorganised workers in the state, despite orders of the Court on December 16 to do so. The Court directed the official to be present before it (in virtual mode) on the next date of hearing.
“This Court will nail down recalcitrant officers, who have an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards implementing court orders. It is most unacceptable casual behaviour of officials. It is the responsibility of the government to constitute the board, which will be helpful to poor unorganised workers across Telangana,” said Chief Justice Hima Kohli.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Hima Kohli and Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Congress Party leader C. Damodar Rajanarsimha, seeking a direction to the Telangana government to constitute a state-level SSB for…