Partly allowed
Bibi Rukhsana Khatoon v. The State of Bihar
Patna HCL.P.A/358/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Batch of letters patent appeals and writ petitions by unqualified Panchayat and Block teachers challenging terminations and the second proviso to Section 23 of the RTE Act. The Full Bench held the four-year period runs from 09.08.2017 (commencement of the 2017 Amendment Act) up to 08.08.2021, upheld the statutory rigor of Section 23, and laid down directions deeming continued those who qualified b
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions dismissed; appeals partly allowed with directions: teachers qualifying by 08.08.2021 deemed continued from initial appointment; non-qualifiers terminated; post-31.03.2015 unqualified ap