#Assistant Teachers

Assistant teachers whose appointment was postponed because of a public holiday must receive their first salary increment based on the original appointment date, with salary back-dated and arrears payable from 1 January 2017. The order compels the Uttar Pradesh education department to re-fix salaries accordingly, benefiting dozens of teachers who were otherwise denied the increment.

Bombay High Court rules that assistant teachers in 100% grant-in-aid schools, appointed and approved before 1 November 2005, are entitled to the Old Pension Scheme under Maharashtra Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1982. The Court quashed rejection orders, reinforcing the cut-off date for pension benefits and setting a precedent for similarly placed employees.