Jincy Mathew v. the State of Kerala
Case brief
What is this about?
In writ petitions filed by retrenched teachers appointed as SSA Cluster Coordinators, the Court addressed their claim to service benefits and pay parity against regular teachers. Ruling that no specific Government Order created a substantive right to increments or full pay parity for this specific group, the Court nevertheless struck down an administrative order that recalled benefits granted via a circular. The judgment mandated that the Department of General Education consider the petitioners' claims for service benefits after affording a hearing and kept proceedings in cases where benefits were already withdrawn in abeyance.
What did the court decide?
Impugned GO 119/18 recalled on circular 06/06/06/8 quashed. Direction to Principal Secretary to consider benefit claim within 6 months after hearing. Proceedings in withdrawn benefit cases kept in abeyance.