Allowed
Tapas Kumar Ghosh v. State of West Bengal & Ors.
Calcutta HCWPA/2568/2009
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The Court disposed of multiple writ petitions regarding entitlement to higher scale of pay for assistant teachers who secured post-graduate qualifications. Relying on Animesh Choudhury, the Court held that prior permission was not needed for already enrolled teachers.
What did the court decide?
Impugned orders rejecting higher scale of pay set aside; authority directed to allow higher scale of pay from date following final examination within 10 weeks.