Subrata Nath and 17 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 3 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
arrears of salary; pre-regularisation period; regularisation of teachers; Manoharan Committee; Task Force/District Level Scrutiny Committee; 151 teachers Hailakandi; upper primary school appointments 1994-1996; scale of pay Rs. 3130-6600 p.m.; condition of regularisation not under challenge; negative equality; writ of mandamus; similarly situated persons; WP(C) dismissed; Gauhati High Court; Arun Dev Choudhury, J.; linked case WP(C)/6064/2024; State of Assam; Department of School Education; Director of Elementary Education Assam; District Elementary Education Officer Hailakandi.
What did the court decide?
The court declined to entertain the petitioners' prayer for arrears of salary for the pre-regularisation period, because the order of regularisation contained a clear condition limiting salary eligibility to the period from the date of joining after regularisation, and that condition was not under challenge.