Shahila Begum.M v. The State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
A batch of writ petitions by vocational teachers sought counting of 50% past part-time service for pension. The court directed the State to extend the benefit to all petitioners, rejecting the cut-off date of 06.04.2018 as arbitrary and violative of Article 14, following earlier division bench rulings.
What did the court decide?
The court directed the first respondent to issue a fresh Government Order taking into account 50% of the petitioners' past service as part-time vocational instructors for calculating pension and to sa