Shri. Mughaka Yepthomi and 22 Ors. v. the State of Nagaland and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Nagaland SSA/RMSA ad-hoc Primary and Graduate Teachers; mainstreaming into State School Education cadre; regularization and scale of pay; equal pay for equal work; posts coterminous with centrally sponsored scheme; parity with 2010 and 2013 batches selected through open recruitment; RTE Act 2009 Sections 2(a), 23, 23(3), 38(2)(l) and Rule 20 of RTE Rules 2010; Samagra Shiksha fund-sharing 90:10; Muhammad Abdul Qadir (2009) 6 SCC 611; State of Punjab v. Jagjit Singh (2017) 1 SCC 148; Amos Seb W.A. 09/2020; Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench; judgment dated 03.11.2025; writ petitions disposed with directions for fresh consideration and age relaxation.
What did the court decide?
Impugned rejection order 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 as expeditiously as plausible, permit participation in recruitment for vacancies per existing norms, and relax the upper age limit where crossed. No order as to costs.