Partly allowed
Abhay Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Patna HCL.P.A/797/2022
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Untrained teachers challenged termination under Section 23 of the RTE Act. The Full Bench held the four-year window runs from commencement of the 2017 Amendment Act (09.08.2017) to 08.08.2021, not 31.03.2019. Teachers qualifying within that period are deemed continued from initial appointment; post-31.03.2015 unqualified appointments stand terminated. Writ petitions dismissed; appeals partly allow
What did the court decide?
Teachers qualifying on or before 08.08.2021 deemed continued from initial appointment; results/certificates relating back honoured; post-31.03.2015 unqualified appointees terminated; individual repres