went so Tar as to dismiss them because of this action are both consequences of the success of the programme.
Secondly, the judgment is a comment on the entire category of voluntary workers who form a large and significant section of workers at the village level, who work the hardest and are also the most exploited. While the virtues of voluntary workers have been much extolled, their service conditions have never been seriously examined. For instance; the community health workers are supposed to be part- timers theoretically, working in their spare time
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