Achyut Chandra Das and 290 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 5 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Provincialisation of non-teaching staff; venture educational institutions; Assam Education (Provincialisation of services of non-teaching staff of venture educational institutions) Act, 2018; Sections 4(1), 6(2), 6(3), 6(4); Schedule; fixed pay versus regular scale of pay; equal treatment; employees of the State of Assam; Mohor Ali Sheikh; 2024 5 GLT 689; Tutors under Act 2017; Assam Venture Educational Institutions (Provincialisation of Services) Act, 2011 struck down; Shri Chandan Kumar Neog; WP(C) No. 3190/2012; 23.09.2016; review petition by State; eight weeks determination; Senior Assistant; Library Assistant; Grade-IV; Gauhati High Court; WP(C)/3239/2023; linked WP(C)/94/2022, WP(C)/4092/2023, WP(C)/2445/2022.
What did the court decide?
Declaration that non-teaching staff provincialised under the Act, 2018 are entitled to equal treatment under the law and a just scale of pay like other government employees; State directed to determine the scale of pay within eight weeks of a certified copy of the order being submitted before the Competent Authority in the Education Department; parties to bear their own costs.