Anti-sikh riots: HC seeks Delhi govt’s response on jobs to victims’ families

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Monday sought the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s response to a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging non-compliance of a 2006 circular of the Centre directing that the children or other family members of those killed in the 1984 anti-sikh riots be provided jobs on compassionate grounds.

A bench of chief justice Rajendra Menon and justice VK Rao asked the AAP government in the national capital to submit a report indicating the status of the applications for employment it had received since the circular was issued.

The order came on a PIL filed by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), claiming that despite the passage of 12 years since the circular, not a single applicant was provided employment by the Delhi government.the

bench listed the matter for further hearing on February 4.The DSGMC, represented by senior advocate APS Ahluwalia and advocate Harpreet Singh Hora, has contended in its plea that

non-implementation of the scheme has led to “undue injustice and discrimination” being caused to the families of the anti-sikh riot victims.centre’s standing counsel Anurag Ahluwalia,

appearing for the ministry of home affairs, said according to the circular, the onus was on the Delhi government to provide employment to the family members of the riot victims.