IH IEE HIGH COHRT O? J^IGAICKE_^3',.BII,^:PUB_(GffilA3?S3£«figl. tffiIT EBO'ISION N0. / -V -t - OF 2001 PSTimEQBEBS : 1.,'-Kuia.Munni Kujur, Daugh-ber of lafce b/' Sukhlal, aged aboat 32 years occupatlon: Teacher, residtot of yillage Silaa, Post'S€dam, Vikas Khand, Batauli, district Ambikapur (Cahattisgarn) 2. .Kum.Suganti Tigga, Daughter of Dirasai, aged about 31 years,occupation; Teacher, resident of Devri, Post Ba-fcauli, Vikas' Eiand, Batauli,dis-fcs Ambifeapur(C.G) ''^- Vs. BESPO]-I>EhT3'S s ,1. T'ne State of Ohhattisgar'n : 'Fhroughs Secretary, Sehool Education Department, D.K.Bhawan, Baipur (Chhattisgarh). 2. Education Progrsmme Officer, Pdjiv Gandhi ShiKsha Hission, dist.Anibilsapur (C.G-.) 3. C'flief Executive Offlcer, Janpatb Pancnayat, Ba-bauli, dist. Ambikapur (C.G). 4. Sarpanch, village Panchayat, Devri in Janpata Batauli, dist.Ambikapur (G.G). 5. Sarpanch^ ylllage Pancha^at,Silma in Janpath Batauli, dist.Ambikapur (C.G). !M ^l^l •iffi..I3_PETITION_.m®ER_ARTICaE_ 226 /^22Z_OF_T^ GONSIITUTION_ 051_ IMDIA i^/. Ui;i tUJtitBUi.Af XI-HC-22 ?°[ •finM<i, •a-'SwfQ^R^ssf^ ^r^te--"^0-1'76'^0^ 3Tt^ig;l fe'ri'FSl^ spiIW^ttd <:: :3(ii^'?(giwgf%^ . 8/1172001 ^!"I^<frn ^IHdi ^ f^TSf ^•L^l'1. i?'3Tf^Tq 311^1 f% Sint. Anju Ahuja, leapned counse.L for the petitioners ! - Shri Gautam Bhadhuri Heard. ], leacnedG.A. for the State. O R D Return baal been filejd. It appears jBB§S£^ that the writ petitioners had rendereja services till April, 2000 •s ..'"; '''/ .' .' . petitioners were given aEp0,laSnifttat monthly salary o£ ' r '";" . ~ ' -^^•\ This was done under Rajeev G|andbi Sbiksha Guarantee Yojana Tbis scheme was to serve in iurban as well as areas. Teacber/student ratijo under the Scheme was in na') petitioners were given appqi|ntment in %be nonth o£ Mav 1997, payment was highly irregularj. Even for the year 1998, payment area and 25} 1 in rt^Eal/trlbal area. was qiven only soine-tiaie in |tbfi month of 5epteiitoer,200l. As no salary was paid for suchaj long period, petitioners could not continae, ttence they serived uptdi April, 2001 and discon- tinued. Thereafteer this pet|ition was filed demancU.ng payment ! arrears o£ salary for the| period frcm Apicil,l999 to AprU 2000, It is most unfortunat|e that payment whether big ca: small should not have been rleleased to the teacbezs, 'who rendered servtces to the re^pective schools regulaely. [^-s^Rgq ..2 .-.).- •3-Tfs^'^H' f^TR; STTi?r ~S^T^ 'HTs^T ^•f^^i ^^Si^ ^ ^i^ifl.^st^-'i J SlIWS^t'IWBt^i ^PlfepfS-T TITH^JT ^ fest :[f3R?TC ^; sfss^ sn^; 1 Tbis indefj-nifce delay in t>ayment o£ salary is not warranted I ! j under any ciccurastances. |Such method ;6£ employment actually 1 should be discontinued. ^fter-all people work to earn liveli- hoodo They ought to be paid regularly though there might be I 1 some delay here and thsrej. Dela^ cannot be inordinate respect of payment of wag^s/salaries. In the present cas'' ^^ i learned coansel £or the pfetitioners •has rigbt in sa ^y^ that the petitioners coulp not continue to serve without » 1 receivlng payaent a£ salajcy for such long period. According to Smt. Anju Ahuja, tbe pptitioners are otherwise eligible bein9 Matr.i.culates to holjd the post of Primary School Teachert (Gurujis)a In the facts hnd circumstances narrated above» th.i.s petiti.on.is disposedj of as £ollowsj< Respondeats shallj release tbe arrears of paymer,£Aaaa allowances to the Btlt pe]titioners for the period "..^.•^ ^' to April, 2000 wit;hi|'» a period of one the date of rece.lpt of tb Ls order. I also allow cost r» payable to ttie pjstitioness. It J.s stated that one V^lS'^ teacher Aa-a/sAniJ.larly si|tuated, was paid salsury @ Bs. from April 1998 to April into consideration by tbe] eligAble to hold tbe posf 1999. This aspect wouldbe taken Competent Authority before salary is released* I may also state |iere that if the petitioners are ofGurujis, it is still open to the Competent Autbority to co|nsi<3er giving tia eaployment to tbe GRPRJ—FS/311—1/200]—50.000. writ .petitioners . C.C. as yec-v^tea-i- Sd/- Chief Justice ^'.SIS*.^ ^ r'i/j i'^rf •.-f,l :\'u