Sanitation workers in Jaipur’s Kishanpole zone went on strike on Friday over delays in issuing experience certificates required for Rajasthan’s sanitation workers’ recruitment, with the application deadline approaching on October 13.
Hopper helpers and drivers participating in the strike said the certificates had not been issued in time for them to complete their recruitment applications. Nand Kishore Dandoriya, president of the Sanyukt Valmiki Evam Safayi Shramik Sangh, alleged that Kishanpole zone deputy commissioner Niharika Sharma was not cooperating with the workers.
Dandoriya said the strike would continue until the experience certificates were issued. The certificates are required as supporting documents for workers applying under the state recruitment process, making the municipal verification process a direct condition for their eligibility to apply before the deadline.
Sharma denied the allegation of non-cooperation and said applications were being examined before certificates could be issued. According to her, officials needed to verify salary records covering 12 months, along with deductions made towards Employees’ State Insurance and Provident Fund contributions.
The verification requirements have contributed to the delay, Sharma said. The process requires officials to match workers’ employment and payment records before confirming their experience, rather than issuing certificates solely on the basis of an application.
The dispute places a time-bound administrative process at the centre of the confrontation. Workers seeking to participate in the Rajasthan recruitment must submit their applications by October 13, while the municipal authorities are still checking the records required to validate their employment history.
The episode also illustrates how employment documentation managed at the city-zone level can affect access to a larger state recruitment process. For sanitation workers, an experience certificate is not only an administrative record but also a document that can determine whether an application is completed within the prescribed timeline.
The strike involves hopper helpers and drivers working in Kishanpole zone. The supplied report does not specify how many workers are participating or whether sanitation services in the zone have been disrupted. It also does not state how many certificates remain pending or when the municipal administration expects to complete the verification.
The immediate dispute remains unresolved in the available information. Workers have said they will continue the strike until the certificates are issued, while the deputy commissioner has maintained that officials must first complete checks of 12 months of salary records and ESI and PF deductions. The October 13 recruitment deadline is the next immediate milestone.
