Puja Kumari v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi; W.P.(S) No. 157 of 2023; decided 23.04.2024 by Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J. Keywords: KGBV scheme; Kasturba Gadhi Residential Girls School; Jharkhand Education Project Council (JEPC); State Project Director; short-term contractual appointment; consolidated emoluments/honorarium; management cost; termination on one month prior notice; closure of scheme; regularization denied; pay parity with State school teachers; continuation till scheme continues; age of superannuation; policy decision; non-joinder of necessary party (Government of India); W.P.(S) No. 602 of 2019 (judgment dated 19.02.2024); Nazir Ahmad, W.P.(S) No. 3477/2002; writ petition disposed of, no further order; interim application dismissed as not pressed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of by recording the stand taken in paragraphs 9 to 12 of the counter-affidavit of respondent nos. 4 to 20 (JEPC) that the petitioners' services are on short-term contractual basis with consolidated emoluments/honorarium from project management cost, terminable on one month prior notice or on closure of the scheme, JEPC being temporary in nature, with engagement continuing till the KGBV scheme continues subject to satisfactory performance, policy decision, and not beyond the age of superannuation; no further order passed; pending interlocutory application, if any, dismissed as not pressed.