Dinesh Puran and 6 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Gauhati High Court order dated 03.03.2025 by Justice Michael Zothankhuma disposing WP(C) 6588/2024 (with linked WP(C) 6091/2024 and WP(C) 6674/2024) as covered cases of the judgment and order dated 04.10.2024 in WP(C) 2729/2019. Assam elementary-school Tutors on fixed monthly salary seeking regular pay scale; provincialisation orders dated 05.02.2021 to be verified by State respondents; paragraph-179 directions (Rules under section 23 of the Act for regular pay scale to Tutors) conditionally applied pending verification; six-month timeline from receipt of certified copy. Keywords: tutor, fixed salary, regular pay scale, provincialisation, elementary education Assam, covered case.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of with a conditional direction: the State respondents to verify the provincialisation orders dated 05.02.2021 and, if the petitioners' case is found to be the same as that in WP(C) 2729/2019, to make the paragraph-179 directions of the judgment and order dated 04.10.2024 in WP(C) 2729/2019 applicable to the petitioners, concluding the exercise within six months of receipt of a certified copy of this order.