To,
National Council for Teachers Education,
Sector – 10 , Dwarka
New Delhi – 110075
Through its Director Mr. Shubhash Arora
Through its Under Secrecy Admin. Mr. Suresh Baisla
SUBJECT: LEGAL NOTICE REGARDING WORKPLACE HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION IN RENUMERATION
Sir,
That on behalf of and under the instructions of my client Mr. Narendra Nath Arora R/O M – 163, Info Tower, Ramaprastha City , Sector 37D , Gurugram , Haryana. I do hereby serve upon you the following Legal Notice.
- That my client Mr. Narendra Nath Arora applied for the position through an advertised vacancy and being selected through a formal interview process and appointed by you the Noticee as a full time consultant ( Official Language) on contractual basis on 29th July 2023.
- The monthly remuneration of my client was fixed by you the Noticee at Rs.35,000/- plus Rs.5,000/- for conveyance.
- That my client did his duty diligently, regularly with utmost particular sincerity, and with full devotion by doing the job in accordance with the well-settled provisions of the law.
- That my client got to know after few months that other consultants for the same role and position are being remunerated at Rs.75000/- per month.
- That my client raised disparity with senior officials multiple times at the office ,to which officials at the office assured my client but all went in vain as the salary of my client remained unchanged for the duration of his two-year tenure.
- That the role of Official Language Consultant is statutory and critical to the functioning of government offices, yet you the Noticee has failed to recruit regular staff for this essential work, relying solely on my client’s contributions.
- Furthermore, my client was being remunerated previously in the same position (2015-2019) Rs. ₹45,000 per month , highlighting the unjust pay disparity my client faced upon by you the Noticee.
- That without giving any pre-notices to my client you the Noticee stoped further extensions of services of my client to which my client unfortunately had to leave the office.
- Furthermore, my client was remunerated the same amount as contractual stenographers which raises concerns about the undervaluation of my client’s role.
- Furthermore, Chairperson is the head of the organization but during the last two tenure of my client no regular Chairperson was there. Also, Vice President of Delhi University had being officiating Chairperson to which they did not visited the office more than 2-3 times in whole of the year.
- That after illegally stopping the extensions of services of my client you the Noticee requested my client to continue his work as a guest subject expert at Rs. 5,000/- excluding transport allowances per day per month.
- That my client worked for 34 days under this arrangement until November 2023.
- That my client did not remunerated on time for this arrangement and had to wait for a period of 9 months. After a period of 9 months my client was remunerated which caused humiliation and huge financial loss on my client by you the Noticee.
- That my client have been subjected to undue harassment and humiliation by you the Noticee. Furthermore, despite repetitive request for the pending payments and appropriate remuneration you the Noticee has taken no action.
- That you are liable under Article Article 16(2) of Indian Constitution.
- That you are liable under section 2(ra) of the Industrial Dispute Act, 1947
- That my client is a senior citizen and a retired Joint Director from the Government of India, has experienced significant mental distress due to the treatment my client has received, contrasting sharply with his earlier tenure, which was devoid of such issues.
- That due to the wrongful acts of you the Noticee , my client has suffered significant mental anguish.
- That if you the Noticee , will not acknowledge the concerns of my client and will not compensate him for his work done, then my client will initiate appropriate legal action in a competent court of Law.
- All the wrongful acts and mental agony caused by you the Noticee to my client cannot be explained in black and white yet my client is just claiming a sum of Rs. 12,00,000/- (Twelve Lakh Only) with interest 18% per annum (non-negotiable)
I, therefore through this Notice finally call upon you to pay the amount to my client.
Amount should be paid within 7 days from the receipt of this Notice, failing to which client have given me clear instructions to take appropriate legal action in the competent court of law
That you are liable to pay Rs.11,000/- as legal cost of this Notice.
A copy of this Notice has been preserved in my office for record and future course of actions.
Through
ADVOCATE
