Single-judge Justice Shekhar B Saraf observed that due to failure of the system to generate employment, youngsters have stopped looking for jobs and youth unemployment has reached an all time high.
“The current Indian predicament faces a worrying stagnation of employment structure. The lack of efficient mechanisms for generating employment has left a large percentage of our population unemployed. Many frustrated with the system have actively stopped searching for jobs and youth unemployment is at an all time high,” the Court observed.
The single-judge further said that rather than encouraging citizens to actively seek out jobs and contribute to the nation, institutions have frustrated the youth by creating hurdles borne out of petty technicalities to deny them jobs and have misused the discretionary power given to them.
The Court made the observations while hearing two petitions, one pertaining to the vacancy of a clerk (1 post) and other concerning two laboratory attendant posts since 2009.
The Court noted that instead of filling up the three posts, the authorities have been litigating the matter.
“Rather than employing combined efforts to ensure the position is filled up, what has ensured is years of legal disputes. To ensure the prosperity of our nations institutions, one must be mindful when applying the relevant recruitment rules so that they do not become tools of public mischief,” the single-judge opined.
Source: Barandbench
