Teacher Salary Payment: The High Court has directed to pay the salary of the post of Headmaster along with arrears to the senior teachers. These teachers have been instructed to make payment along with arrears from May 31, 2014, the date of joining the post of Headmaster.
Teacher Salary Payment: There is a relief news for senior teachers doing the duty of headmaster in upper primary schools of Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad High Court has given a big decision in the interest of these teachers. Under this, senior teachers will also get the benefit of arrears along with the salary of the post of Headmaster.
This is the whole matter
According to the information, the assistant teachers working as in-charge headmasters in the primary schools of Basic Education Council of UP for years had appealed to the Allahabad High Court to pay the headmaster’s salary. Tripurari Dubey, who was the in-charge headmaster of the primary school in Gorakhpur since 2010, and some other teachers, who were holding the responsibility of the in-charge headmaster since 2005, had petitioned the High Court in November 2022 and said that despite working as a headmaster, he was getting the salary of an assistant teacher. Is.
The petitioner and other teachers were appointed as assistant teachers, later they started working as senior teachers in the upper primary school. It was said in the petition that he has been working as headmaster since May 31, 2014.
On this, it was argued by the state government that the headmaster’s salary can be given only to those who have been regularly selected for the post of headmaster, they have not been regularly selected for the post of headmaster, hence the salary for the post of headmaster cannot be given. Yes, even if the job of headmaster is being taken from him.
Order to pay salary for the post of headmaster with arrears
After hearing both the parties, the Allahabad High Court rejected the government’s arguments and cited the Supreme Court case of Dr. Jaiprakash Narayan Singh and Arindam Chattopadhyay and others vs. West Bengal Government in this regard and accepted the teachers’ petition. Justice Piyush Aggarwal, accepting the petition filed by Tripurari Dubey and other teachers, has directed the senior teachers to pay the salary for the post of headmaster along with arrears. These teachers have been instructed to make payment along with arrears from May 31, 2014, the date of joining the post of Headmaster.
