Yogi Adityanath Govt: A petition was filed in the year 2023 demanding equal pay for equal work for Shikshamitras. While disposing of the petition, the court said that the honorarium of Shikshamitras is very low.
Shikshamitras Honorarium in UP: Preparations are being made by the government to give a big relief to 1.5 lakh Shikshamitras of Uttar Pradesh. The government is considering increasing the honorarium of Shikshamitras working in the council primary schools of the state. A letter related to this has been sent by the state government to the finance department of the state. This information was given by the government on the contempt petition filed in Allahabad High Court regarding giving respectable honorarium to Shikshamitras.
Increasing honorarium will increase the burden on the government treasury
During the hearing, the lawyer of the state government told the High Court that increasing the honorarium of about 1.5 lakh Shikshamitras will increase the burden on the government treasury. In such a situation, a report has been sent for the consent of the Finance Department. The contempt petition of Vivekananda of Varanasi is being heard by a bench of Justice Piyush Agarwal. Petitioner’s lawyer Satyendra Chandra Tripathi said that a petition was filed in the year 2023 demanding equal pay for equal work for Shikshamitras. While disposing of the petition, the court said that the honorarium of Shikshamitras is very low.
Order to fix respectable honorarium
The High Court ordered the government to constitute a committee for this. There was an order to fix a respectable honorarium for living according to the financial index. When the court order was not followed, a contempt petition was filed by Vivekananda. In the information given to the court by the government lawyer, it was told that in compliance with the order of 12 January 2024, a high-level committee was formed under the chairmanship of the Director of Education.
The committee submitted its report in August 2024
This committee has submitted its report to the government on 9 August 2024. In view of the increasing financial burden, the report has been sent by the Finance Department. Satyendra Chandra Tripathi of Shikshamitra Sangh says that a petition was filed in the year 2023 demanding equal pay for doing equal work. Allahabad High Court, while directing the state government in this matter, had said through the court that the honorarium given to Shiksha Mitra is very low. The court has directed the government to form a committee. Under the order issued by the court, a respectable honorarium for living should be fixed on the basis of financial index.
