Following protests by employees and activists, the Madhya Pradesh State Open School (MPSOS) on Saturday cancelled its August-24 controversial order regarding the clear demarcation of Muslim and Hindu holidays for its employees. There are 25 leaves for a regular employee and the workers who are working on daily wages and collector rates have five leaves. We will simply count the leaves of employees and inform them when they have availed their five leaves. Earlier to it, the MPSOS made healines in May when its one male officer was thrashed by its 17 women employees for allegedly indulging in obscene acts. One of its women employees SaritaVerma told HT, “He used to call any one of our colleagues to his chamber and would behave in an obscene manner.

Source: Hindustan Times August 28, 2016 12:00 UTC