#Surplus teachers

Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench rules that surplus teachers from derecognized schools have no vested right to absorption or backwages for the period treated as 'dies non' under Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Rules, 1981. The judgment clarifies that absorption is subject to administrative discretion, and no salary entitlement arises during the interim period.

Bombay High Court quashed orders declaring teachers surplus, ruling that seniority under Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Rules must account for total service, including periods in unaided divisions. The Education Officer’s mechanical reliance on a prior judgment without applying mind to individual service records violates procedural fairness.