Smti. Kethono Savino v. State of Nagaland and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Nagaland SSA/RMSA ad-hoc teachers mainstreaming regularization; equal pay for equal work; fixed pay Rs.20,080/- Rs.27,400/-; RTE Act 2009 S.23(3), S.38(2)(l), S.2(a), Sch-2; RTE Rules 2010 R.20; parity with 2010 & 2013 batches; open advertisement recruitment; posts coterminous with scheme; Jagjit Singh (2017) 1 SCC 148 distinguished; Amos Seb W.A. 09/2020 distinguished; Muhammad Abdul Qadir (2009) 6 SCC 611 referred; Samagra Shiksha CSS 90:10 funding; Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench WP(C)/7/2025; neutral citation 2025:GAU-NL:530.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Order No. DSE/SSA/ESSTT/4-11/2022/613 dated 30.11.2022 set aside; respondents directed to consider the representation dated 10.10.2022 afresh, consider the prayers for regularization and 'scale of pay' expeditiously, allow petitioners to participate in the recruitment process for vacancies per existing norms and in accordance with law, and relax the upper age limit for those who have crossed it; writ petition disposed of; no order as to costs.