S K R Manasika Vikasa Kendram v. the Government of India

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Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amaravati, Writ Petition No.10000 of 2025, K. Sreenivasa Reddy J, decided 20/08/2025. Mandamus writ under Article 226 by S.K.R. Manasika Vikasa Kendram (registered education society, Regd. No.38/2011, Chimakurthy, Prakasam District) against Union respondents 1-3 (Ministry of Education/RMSA: Secretary, Joint Secretary MHRD, Director IEDSS) for non-release of pending 2012-13 salaries (Rs. 12,00,000/-) of Special Education Teachers who worked in the petitioner society educating disabled students, despite recommendations of State respondents 4-5; pleaded as violative of Article 21. Background: CSS Inclusive Education for Disabled Children (IEDC) introduced 1988; representation dated 20.12.2024 to respondent 5 unanswered; respondent 7 (State Project Director, Samagrasiksha Abyan / Samagra Shiksha) counter showing NGO special-educator salary claims for 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2015-16 pending with respondent 1. I.A. No.1 of 2025 under Section 151 CPC sought interim payment per representation dated 11.02.2025. Result: writ disposed of without costs; respondents 1-3 to consider the 20.12.2024 representation and pass orders within eight weeks; miscellaneous applications closed; no monetary award; no precedents cited or discussed. Keywords: writ of mandamus, pending salaries, Special Education Teachers, special educators, disabled children, IEDC, RMSA, Samagra Shiksha, centrally sponsored scheme, representation, eight weeks deadline, Article 226, Article 21, Section 151 CPC.