Ramu Kumar Patar and 11 Ors. v. the State of Assam and 4 Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Assam 4,500 Assistant Teacher recruitment, Advertisement 08.01.2025; UDISE Code as proof of service as on 10.08.2017; NIOS 18-month Diploma in Elementary Education; RTE Act 2009 Section 23(2); Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2017; Vishwanath and Others v. State of Uttarakhand (Review Petition 2024, Civil Appeal No. 7873 of 2023); Writ Appeal No. 345/2025 (DB order 24.03.2026); WP(C) No. 3794/2025; notification dated 17.06.2025 of Director of Elementary Education, Assam; notices dated 19.11.2025 and 27.11.2025; Article 226 and Article 14, Constitution of India; NCTE; NIOS; in-service untrained teachers; direction to consider appointment and complete verification within two months; batch disposal with linked cases WP(C)/2282/2026, WP(C)/1479/2026, WP(C)/2185/2026, WP(C)/1152/2026, WP(C)/1519/2026.
What did the court decide?
Directions to the State authorities to verify from State records whether the petitioners were in service as on 10.08.2017, completed the 18-month Diploma in Elementary Education, and that their schools existed; if so shown, to consider their appointment to the U.P. & L.P. Schools under Advertisement dated 08.01.2025 and complete the exercise within two months of receipt of the certified copy of the order; reasons for any rejection to be communicated to the applicants.