Bidanti Kumari @ Bidanti Devi @ Bidanti Kumari Devi v. The State of Bihar

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Keywords: RTE Act 2009 Section 23; second proviso; Amendment Act 2017 (Act 24 of 2017); retrospective proviso; untrained/unqualified teachers Bihar; minimum qualification NCTE S.O. 750(E); relaxation S.O.1353(C) to 31.03.2015; NIOS online Diploma in Elementary Education (18 months); TET; cut-off 31.03.2019 versus 08.08.2021; deemed continuance from initial appointment; termination of unqualified; invalid appointments after 31.03.2015; compassionate appointment redeployment; supplementary examinations; Letters Patent Appeal batch (LPA 748/2022 and connected appeals/writ petitions); Patna High Court Full Bench; Zile Singh v. State of Haryana retrospectivity; St. Aubin deeming fiction; Bihar Panchayat Elementary Teachers Rules 2012 Reg. 15(d); Bihar State Schools Teachers Rules 2023. Suitable for queries on teacher-training qualification deadlines under RTE Act S. 23, validity of retrospective provisos, and continuance rights of untrained Bihar school teachers.

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