HC orders reinstatement of seven teachers terminated by Jalna school

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court provided relief to seven teachers who were terminated by the management of an English medium school in JalnaThe bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Y G Khobragade on Friday issued an order directing the reinstatement of seven teachers who were terminated by the management of M S English School JalnaThe teachers were among 42 educators who had filed a writ petition through advocate Talhar Ajay over the paltry and irregular salary they were being paid and termination by the school managementThe teachers with service periods ranging from six to 26 years claimed that they had been terminated by the school without any prior notice or show cause despite having received temporary appointment orders annuallyThey further claimed that they were being paid irregularly and penalty amounts ranging from Rs 12000 to Rs 30000 were issued intermittentlyExpressing concern over the situation the bench said If teachers have been working between six years to 26 years as is the contention of the petitioners it is too much to say that they are temporaries since every year they have been issued with temporary appointment ordersIn such schools a trained graduate has to be regularised after completion of the probation period If at all the contentions of these petitioners are true they have been given a bad treatment we cannot shut our eyes today it saidThe bench emphasised that even in the industrial sector temporary appointments are subject to specific regulations and the Industrial Employment Standing Orders Act mandates the regularisation of employment for individuals working for 240 days in a yearThe court rejected the school managements plea stating that the case fell under the jurisdiction of the School Tribunal under the MPEPS ActAs a provisional measure the court stayed the termination order and directed the school management to deposit outstanding salaries and salaries up to November 2023 in the courtAdditionally the court instructed the divisional deputy director of education of the Aurangabad division to collect detailed information about the schools functioning and present a reportThe school management was asked to submit its reply before December 6This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever