Case Law Analysis
|Calcutta High Court
Section 33A BCKV Act | Functional Parity Without State Sanction Does Not Confer Teacher Status or Enhanced Retirement Age : Calcutta HC
Calcutta HC rules that AICRP scientists, despite identical service conditions, cannot claim regular teacher status or retirement age benefits under the BCKV Act without explicit State approval under Section 33A. The judgment underscores that statutory compliance prevails over functional equivalence, impacting employment rights of project-based academic staff.