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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 2083 CUTTACK, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2019 / KARTIKA 20, 1941

HOME (SPECIAL SECTION) DEPARTMENT

ORDER

The 7th November, 2019

S.R.O. No.397/2019—Whereas, the State Government are satisfied that in the interest

of Public, it is necessary to prohibit strikes in the form of cessation of work by the workers

engaged in emergency Medical Ambulance Service run by the Government either by itself

or through an agency engaged for this purpose, so that health care delivery system in the

State is not affected / disrupted;

And, whereas, as per Section 2 (b) of the Odisha Essential Services Maintenance Act,

strike means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed / engaged in any

essential service acting in combination or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common

understanding of any number of persons who are or have been so employed / engaged, to

continue to work or to accept employment and includes unauthorized absence from duty in

pursuance of a common understanding among the persons who unauthorizedly absent

themselves from duty or under the direction of any other person or persons.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 read

with Section 2 of the Odisha Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1988 (Odisha Act 9 of

1992), the State Government do hereby prohibit strikes in form of cessation of work by the

workers/crew members engaged for running emergency Medical Ambulance Service run

by the Government either by itself or through an agency including 108/102 Ambulance

Services. The order shall remain in force for a period of six months with effect from

date 12.11.2019.

[No.2678-HOME-SPL3-ESMA-0002/2018/C.]

By Order of the Governor

SANTOSH BALA

Special Secretary to Government

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