#Article 23

The Division Bench dismissed appeals by the Punjabi Academy and Directorate of Education, ruling that Rule 101(2) creates a statutory entitlement to 50% of regular teachers' salary that cannot be contracted away. Qualifications advertised at appointment fix entitlement, and underpayment violates Articles 14 and 23, reinforcing the State's model employer duty.

Supreme Court holds that contractual teachers under Samagra Shiksha Scheme are entitled to periodic honorarium revision; fixed Rs.7,000/month violates Article 23.

Supreme Court rules that part-time contractual teachers under RTE Act are entitled to periodic honorarium revision, holding stagnant wages violative of Article 23.