HC directs pension revision for aided School pensioners

1 week ago

Pension Benefits To Upgraded Posts Can Be Granted Even Post-Retirement: Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed to revise the pension of a retired Inspector General of Police, based on the pay scale of the upgraded Director-General of Police post. Therefore, even if the present appellant was holding an ex cadre post at the time when he sought his voluntary retirement yet when in terms of the above hereinabove …

Retirement General Court Pension Punjab Inspector Inspector General

1 week, 2 days ago

School Teachers’ Federation of India passes resolution to abolish CPS and bring back old pension scheme

The Hindu

Members of School Teachers’ Federation of India during their State-level meeting here on Sunday, demanded the State government to abolish the Contributory Pension Scheme and bring back the old pension scheme. The Government Order 243 which interferes with the transfer and promotion of intermediate teachers, would largely affect women teachers, who would prefer working in their zones owing to various …

School State Government Schools Pension Scheme

1 week, 5 days ago

Madhya Pradesh HC Questions State For Delaying Retired Lokayukta Member's Family Pension Inspite Of Amendment Made In Rules

Live Law

In a plea for grant of family pension of Lokayukta members, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday questioned the State for not examining the petitioners' case in respect of amendments made to the Rules under the state Lokayukta Act, noting that the pendency of the plea could not have been a reason for not taking …

High Court Court Pension Lokayukta Family Pension Rules State

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Pendency Of Dispute Regarding Excess Payment Does Not Bar Release Of Retiral Benefits In Timely Manner: Calcutta HC

Live Law

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Saugata Bhattacharyya, Justice, while deciding a writ petition held that a retired government employee is entitled to receive retiral benefits in a timely manner, even when there is a pending dispute regarding alleged excess salary drawn during the service period. The headmaster prayed to direct the respondent authorities to …

School Pension Writ Petition Excess Petitioner Drawn

3 weeks, 4 days ago

Contractual Service Prior To Regularization Qualifies For Pension & Annual Increments Under CCS Pension Rules: Himachal Pradesh HC

Live Law

A single judge bench of the Himachal Pradesh HC comprising of Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua, while deciding writ petition held that contractual service preceding regularization qualifies as service for pensionary benefits & annual increments under the CCS Pension Rules. It was claimed by the petitioners that, as far as the High Court of Himachal Pradesh has laid down in Sheela …

Court Services Pension Pensionary Benefits Service Contractual Rules

3 weeks, 5 days ago

When Pay Scale Is Revised Retrospectively, Entitled Pensioners Must Be Given Benefits Even If They Retired Before Revision Order: Kerala HC

Live Law

The Kerala High Court has reiterated that when pay scale is revised retrospectively, then the revised pay scale must be considered while calculating pension even if the pensioners have retired prior to the issuance of the pay revision order, provided they are entitled to the revised pay scale. A Division Bench of Justice A.Muhamed Mustaque and Justice P. Krishna Kumar …

Kerala Court Order Pensioners Revision Tribunal State

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Regularizing Contractual Employees Appointed Against Public Policy Bad In Law: Telangana HC Declares S.10-A Of 1994 Law Ultra Vires

Live Law

The Telangana High Court has, in a case pertaining to regularization of contractual employees, declared Section 10-A of the Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalization of Staff Pattern and Pat Structure) Act, 1994 as ultra vires. Division bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao stated Section 10-A is contrary to the Education Service Rules. It …

Law Education Constitution Appointments Ultra Vires Employees Service

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Regularizing Contractual Employees Appointed Against Public Policy Bad In Law: Telangana HC Declares S.10-A Of 1994 Law Ultra Vires

Live Law

The Telangana High Court has, in a case pertaining to regularization of contractual employees, declared Section 10-A of the Regulation of Appointments to Public Services and Rationalization of Staff Pattern and Pat Structure) Act, 1994 as ultra vires. Division bench of Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Namavarapu Rajeshwar Rao stated Section 10-A is contrary to the Education Service Rules. It …

Law Education Constitution Appointments Ultra Vires Employees Service

1 month ago

Ensure no child remains out of school: Payal MLA, ADC to officials

Hindustan Times

Payal MLA Manwinder Singh Giaspura and additional deputy commissioner Dr Harjinder Singh Bedi conducted a review of the district education development committee on Friday. They emphasised the importance of ensuring access to quality education for every child in the district and directed the education department to ensure that no student is left without school access. Payal MLA Manwinder Singh Giaspura …

Education School Giaspura Payal Mla

1 month ago

P&H HC Declares Provisions Of Ex-Servicemen Rules Limiting Benefits To Those Appointed To Civil Posts After January 2012 As Unconstitutional

Live Law

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has declared the provisions of Punjab Recruitment of Ex-Servicemen Rules, 2012 and 2018, ultra vires of the Constitution which limited the benefits of pension and increments to ex-servicemen appointed to civil posts after January 1, 2012, and denied arrears for periods prior to that date.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Sudeepti. The Punjab & Haryana …

Benefits Constitution Court Service Rules Punjab Civil Posts

1 month ago

SICs not entitled to pension, says Odisha HC

New Indian Express

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has held that the state information commissioners are not entitled to pension. The court said, “In the absence of any rule that explicitly recognises the entitlement of state information commissioners to receive pension, there can be no legal right for them to claim such benefits.” The ruling came in the case of former information commissioner …

Benefits Pension State State Information Commissioners Jagadananda

1 month, 1 week ago

‘Pension fund shift automatic for KV teachers’: Madras High Court

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: A division bench of Madras HC has ruled that switch over from contributory pension fund scheme to general pension fund scheme is automatic for teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan after the introduction of the GPF scheme pursuant to the office memorandum dated Sept 1, 1988. The ruling was issued on petitions filed by the Union Ministry of Education challenging …

Scheme Gpf Scheme Kv Teachers Fund Gpf

1 month, 1 week ago

No Explicit Option For CPF Means Automatic Transition To GPF Scheme: Madras HC Upholds Pension Rights Of KV Teachers

Live Law

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice G. Arul Murugan upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal's orders granting pension rights under the General Provident Fund scheme to retired Kendriya Vidyalaya teachers. The Court ruled that teachers who had not explicitly opted to remain under the Contributory Provident Fund scheme by January 31, 1989, were automatically entitled …

Benefits Court Teachers Transition Cat Scheme Respondents

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Whether Pension Can Be Attached In Execution Of Maintenance Order Granted To Wife? Punjab & Haryana High Court Refers To Larger Bench

Live Law

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has referred the question to larger bench on whether pension of the judgement-debtor in execution proceedings arising from maintenance order can be attached.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar explained that neither the maintenance allowance granted to the wife or minor children can be considered to be a 'debt' nor the wife or minor children can be …

Court Family Court Pension Maintenance Order Proceedings Cpc

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Relief to junior teachers of primary schools as Allahabad HC sets aside transfer policy

Hindustan Times

In a relief to thousands of junior teachers of primary schools in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday set aside the government's transfer policy brought in June this year to maintain the teacher-pupil ratio in these schools. The government also said that this transfer policy is necessary to maintain the teacher-student ratio under the Right to Education Act. …

Policy Transfer Policy Transfer This Policy Junior Teachers

1 month, 2 weeks ago

HC sets aside transfer policy for junior teachers

Hindustan Times

Giving relief to thousands of junior teachers of primary schools of the state government, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Thursday set aside the transfer policy for teachers of the basic education department, terming it as “arbitrary and discriminatory.” Justice Manish Mathur passed the order on Thursday on a writ petition of Pushkar Singh Chandel and others. …

Education Policy Transfer Policy Transfer Order Circular Junior Teachers

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court 'Shocked' That Some Retired HC Judges Get Only Rs 6-15K Monthly Pension, Flags Differential Treatment To Judges Elevated From Service

Live Law

The Supreme Court today expressed shock in a case filed by a retired Allahabad High Court judge raising the issue of pension, when it was informed that some retired High Court judges across the country are getting pension amounts as low as Rs.6000-7000/- per month.A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan was dealing with retired …

Justice Supreme Court High Court Judges Court High Court Judges Case

3 months ago

Rajasthan HC Quashes Censure Order Against Govt School Teacher For Substandard Class 8 Results, Finds No Specific Allegation Against Him

Live Law

Granting relief to a government school teacher, the Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court set aside an order of censure passed against him over the result of Class 8 Board Examination in the concerned school being below the standard set by Department of Education. Referring to decisions of the high court on the issue, a single judge bench of …

3 months, 1 week ago

NCERT Body Writes to Education Ministry To Urge States To Implement NEP Reforms

News 18

The National Council for Educational Research and Training’s standard-setting body is learnt to have written to the Union Ministry of Education seeking it to urge state governments to give a formal go-ahead to the respective state boards to implement the recommendations of the ‘Equivalence’ report released by it last month that showed gaps in the performance of students from these …

Education School Assessment State Report Nep Boards

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Schools trying to encourage teachers to opt out of pension scheme – union

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Government is being urged …

Teachers Sign Scheme Opt Pension Scheme Tps Nasuwt

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Retd teachers to be appointed in schools with less than 20 students

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: After the school education department failed to close schools with less than 20 students, it has now decided to appoint retired teachers or unemployed teachers with a Bachelor of Education degree in schools with less than 20 students on contractual basis. “The government’s plan to appoint retired teachers is not good for the education system. This may harm teachers’ …

Education Teachers Schools Decision

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Teachers' Association Demands Roll Back Of National Education Policy

News 18

The Federation of Central Universities Teachers’ Associations on Wednesday organised a workshop at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here and reiterated its demand to roll back the National Education Policy 2020. The workshop highlighted the “negative impact” of NEP 2020 on the Indian education system, including the commercialization of education, erosion of academic standards, and declining inequitable access to higher education, …

Education Policy Nep Fedcuta

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Increase PU faculty’s retirement age to 65: Sanjay Tandon to Shah

Hindustan Times

Former Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon, who is currently co-incharge of party affairs in Himachal Pradesh, has asked Union home minister Amit Shah to increase the age of superannuation of the teaching faculty at Panjab University from 60 to 65 years. Former Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon, who is currently co-incharge of party affairs in Himachal Pradesh, has asked Union …

University Age Teachers Union Faculty Shah Chandigarh

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Teachers’ Federation Rejects Unified Pension System

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The School Teachers Federation of India on Sunday dismissed the Centre’s newly introduced'Unified Pension System as being nothing more than a deceptive rebranding of the existing Contributory Pension Scheme. Although the new scheme guarantees 50 per cent of the salary as pension for employees who have completed 25 years of service and offers 60 per cent family pension for …

Employees Pension Scheme Pension System Teachers Federation

4 months ago

HC notice to J&K admn, Waqf Board over employees being denied pensions

Hindustan Times

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh high court has issued notices to the administration and J&K Waqf Board on a petition about the board has denying pension to its employees retiring in the past over two years, particularly after the current chairperson took charge. Justice Sanjay Dhar, hearing a petition that 40 employees who retired after Bharatiya Janata Party leader …

Pension Employees Petition Waqf Board

4 months, 1 week ago

Govt schools in a fix, await unused grants

Hindustan Times

Schools find themselves in a financial fix as they are unable to go ahead with developmental work and pay vendors. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Principal of a Government Senior Secondary School, disappointed by the delay, said, “We are being harassed as vendors have been making calls on a daily basis for us to clear their bills but due to funds …

Schools Grants

4 months, 1 week ago

MP HC Grants Interim Relief To Private Schools Ordered To Refund Allegedly Excessive Fees Levied In Violation Of 2017 Fee Regulation Rules

Live Law

In a recent decision, the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur granted an interim stay on orders mandating the refund of school fees collected by private institutions from the academic year 2017-18 onwards. The case involves an appeal by St. Aloysius Senior Secondary School which challenged the orders of the district authorities directing them to refund fees collected in excess …

School Fees Fee Increase Refund

4 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC directs govt. to consider pension plea of 90-year-old woman

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court passed an interim order directing the government to consider the representation of a 90-year-old retired government lecturer who was seeking her pension. Senior counsel L. Ravichander, appearing for the petitioner, pointed out that despite various representations to the concerned authorities, her pension remained unsanctioned. He also brought to the notice of …

Respondent Authorities Her Pension

4 months, 1 week ago

Justice league: Telangana HC issues notices on PIL over exorbitant school fees

New Indian Express

Notices to Centre, state on exorbitant school fees PIL A bench of the Telangana High Court has sought the response of the state and Central officials on a PIL against private unaided schools charging exorbitant fees. Hearing the PIL filed by Hyderabad resident Keethineedi Akhil Sri Guru Teja, the bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao …

School Schools State Pil

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Hyderabad: Ex-Teacher, 90, Seeks Pension

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Justice Pulla Karthik of the Telangana High Court entertained a writ plea filed by 90-year-old retired government lecturer complaining of failure on the part of the government to release pension due to her. The petitioner, with her well-wishers and students that she taught during her years of service, had been constantly frequenting the office of Accountant General and the …

Tax Pension Petitioner Refl

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Schools Play Vital Role In Education, Must Ensure Examinee's Documentation Is Completed Within Time: Delhi HC Provides Relief To Class 10, 12 Students

Live Law

The Delhi High Court recently directed the Central Board of Secondary Education to open its online portal to accommodate 45 class 10th and 12th students studying in a Delhi school to appear in their improvement and compartmental exams. Observing that the petitioner school had been “very negligent” in the present case, a single judge bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma …

Rajasthan Justice Delhi Students School Court Order

5 months ago

Full pension row: Setback to pensioners as HC upholds Haryana govt’s decision

Hindustan Times

In a blow to thousands of pensioners in Haryana, the Punjab and Haryana high court has upheld the 2014 Haryana government decision of prospectively reducing service years for grant of full pension from 28 to 20 years. However, the court did not agree with the government’s decision of not giving benefits of reduced age from 33 years to 28 years …

Pension Haryana Bench Decision Retired Service Years 2009

5 months ago

NCPCR Issues Notice to Hyderabad School Over TC Controversy

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has issued notice to Sri Vidhya Vihar School at NTPC crossroads, Annojiguda, after it school allegedly issued transfer certificates to students in retaliation against their parents' protests over irregularities in the institution. "When we questioned the activity fee, the school management threatened to expel our children," said Srikanth. The school’s admission …

School Ncpcr Srikanth Issued Notice

5 months, 1 week ago

Staff who retired on completion of year entitled to increment: HC to Haryana government

Hindustan Times

The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that one annual increment would be earned to an employee on the last day of his service for the services rendered by him in the preceding year from the date of retirement with good behaviour and efficiency. Directing the Haryana government to revise their retiral benefits and pensions accordingly, the HC said …

Haryana Service Retired Entitled Haryana Government Increment

5 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC restores names of students removed from private school over fee hike dispute, details here

Hindustan Times

The Delhi High Court has restored on the rolls of a private school the names of certain students that were struck off after the parents refused to pay the hiked fees. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in an order passed on July 9, asked the parents to deposit 50 per cent of the hiked school fee for the ongoing academic year. …

Delhi Parents Court Fee Private School Hiked School

5 months, 1 week ago

High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On Plea Against Withdrawal Of National Education Policy

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation filed by Girish Bharadwaj and another, seeking a direction to continue with implementation of National Education Policy 2020 which was withdrawn by the present Congress government, last year. During the hearing the court orally observed, “How can we direct the government to follow …

Court Education Policy State

5 months, 3 weeks ago

AP CS directs officials to distribute enhanced pension to beneficiaries at doorstep

Deccan Chronicle

Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad has directed the district collectors to ensure distribution of enhanced social security pensions to the beneficiaries at their doorstep from 6am on July 1, through employees drawn from the village/ward secretariats. The CS held a video conference with the district collectors from his chamber at the AP Secretariat here on Thursday and asked them to …

Pension

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Directorate of Education re-instates all 594 vocational trainers who were fired by AAP government

Op India

On Wednesday, the Directorate of Education in Delhi repealed its earlier order passed last month and re-instated all the 594 vocational trainers who were fired from their jobs by the AAP government. Now, on Wednesday, the Directorate of Education, Vocational Education Branch, GNCTD issued an order reinstating all the 594 vocational teachers. Taking to X, he slammed the Delhi government …

Education Delhi Teachers Order Bjp Fired Kejriwal

6 months, 1 week ago

PU to seek Centre’s nod for allowing retirees to opt for OPS

Hindustan Times

After Panjab University’s Board of Finance meeting on Wednesday, the varsity will now write to the Union ministry of education to take permission to grant PU employees who had joined before 2004 another chance to opt for the Old Pension Scheme. Punjab had further given its employees aged below 35 until 2006 to opt for OPS, and a proposal to …

Pension Employees Punjab Centre Ops Bof

6 months, 1 week ago

State Cannot Prolong Delay In Releasing Employees' Pension Under Guise Of Public Interest & Accountability: Calcutta High Court

Live Law

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justice Aniruddha Roy, while deciding Writ Petition in the case of Sri Kunal Chandra Sen vs. State of West Bengal & Ors., held that the state cannot use public interest and accountability as an excuse to indefinitely delay the release of employees' pensions. The petitioner applied for a No …

Writ Petition Court Public Interest West Bengal Allegations Certificate 2015

6 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Keeps in Abeyance Transfers of School Teachers / Heads

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: The AP government has kept in abeyance transfers of over 1,100 school teachers / heads in the state. The then YSRC government had issued eight transfer orders during February, March and April on personal / mutual basis with a condition that these orders will come into effect after the end of the Model Code of Conduct. A section of …

Transfer School Teachers

6 months, 3 weeks ago

Social security pension scam: HC asks CBI to look into the role of municipal councillors

Hindustan Times

“A scam as such could not have been committed by one person and mere oversight or negligence cannot be drawn as a defence given the volumes and lapses at which it has been carried out” – Justice Vinod Bhardwaj Law school The Punjab and Haryana high court, which in May 2023 ordered a preliminary enquiry by the Central Bureau of …

Pension Haryana Report Cbi Ineligible Beneficiaries

7 months, 1 week ago

HC orders continuation of secretariat pay for staff of 3 varsities

Hindustan Times

The Punjab and Haryana high court has quashed the Punjab government’s instructions of 2019, whereby two universities in the state, along with Panjab University, Chandigarh, were told to discontinue secretariat pay. The court recorded that a conscious decision was taken by the university to treat its employees at par with that of Punjab civil secretariat employees. It observed that for …

Civil University Employees Pay State Punjab Par

8 months ago

Calcutta HC Cancels Appointment of 25,753 Education Department Employees

Deccan Chronicle

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday cancelled the appointment of 25,753 state education department employees including teaching and non-teaching staffs, recruited by the School Service Commission in a panel in 2016, over corruption. A division bench of the High Court Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Mohammed Shabbar Rashidi passed the judgment after hearing the petitions on SSC cash for …

Court Bjp State Education Cancels Appointment

8 months ago

Ex-employees of Keltron allege denial of benefits

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Retired employees of Keltron have alleged that the company failed to provide gratuity to them as mandated by a Kerala High Court order. Employees who retired between April 1, 2012 and November 31, 2018 were eligible for the benefits as per the court order, as revisions made during their tenure were not considered while paying gratuity. The complaint is …

Employees Keltron

8 months ago

Gurgaon District Commission Holds Asian Public School Liable For Deliberately Changing Admission/Withdrawal Dates To Charge Extra Fee

Live Law

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Gurgaon bench comprising Shri Sanjeev Jindal, Ms Jyoti Siwach and Ms Khushwinder Kaur held Asian Public School, Gurgaon liable for deliberately misrepresenting the dates of admission and withdrawal to charge more fee for extra months. Brief Facts: Dikshansh Raghav, a former student of Asian Public School applied for the school leaving certificate. Observations by …

School Date Complainant Fee Gurgaon District Commission

8 months, 1 week ago

Hyderabad: Teachers Seek Clarity on Retirement Age

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Teachers sought clarity from the government amid rumours about changes to the retirement age for state employees. "Recent in media claimed that the government will set the retirement at either 61 years or after 33 years of service, whichever comes first. The "rumours" are not confirmed by any official sources," said Hanumath K., a physical education trainer at a …

Retirement Age Utf Ts Utf

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Education and Secularism: Why SC's Stay on UP Madrasa Act Judgment Is Valid

The Quint

The SC bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud expressed concerns over the High Court judgment authored by Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Subhash Vidyarthi. While issuing notice on the appeal, the SC remarked that the HC "misconstrued the provisions of the Madarsa Act.” "We are of the view that the issues raised in the petitions merit closer reflection. The impugned …

2024 Shall

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Pensionary Benefits Cannot Be Withheld For An Indeterminate Period On Ground Of Lack Of Resources: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Live Law

A single judge bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court comprising of Justice Satyen Vaidya while deciding a Civil Writ Petition in the case of Suneet Singh Jaryal vs State of HP & Anr has held that the state government cannot withhold pensionary benefits for an indefinite period on the pretext of financial constraints. Findings of the Court The court …

Benefits Court Pensionary Benefits Pay Himachal Pradesh Petitioner Revised

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