Denied a day job for being a woman, Sumitra wins 37-yr battle against PSU giant

Denied a day job for being a woman, Sumitra wins 37-yr battle against PSU giant In 1988, then 24-year-old sumitra had applied for a role at ioc's bottling plant in karnal; a long legal battle and a rs 12 lakh-compensation afterwards, she.

What happened

Sumitra was 24 when she first applied for the peon or khalasi (helper) position at the state-owned Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) LPG bottling plant in her village Guda in Haryana's Karnal. The pay was a measly Rs 34/day, but it was a job that came with pensionary benefits, and Sumitra was certain she would crack it – after all, she created it to the interview.

But when the final appointment letters came, 43 of the 49 individuals who had applied from her village produced it through, but she was not one of them. "I was informed it's as I'm a woman. All 43 gradually obtained promoted to the post of supervisor, and eventually earned a monthly salary of around Rs 1.5 lakh and pension benefits. But I was left to work for private firms and earn between Rs 100 and Rs 14, 000 a month."

The bottom line

For now, denied a day job for being a woman, Sumitra wins 37 remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.