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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT, (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) (KOHIMA BENCH)
SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND
Kethono Savino, D/o. Late W. Savino – Appellant
Versus
State of Nagaland, Represented By The Chief Secretary To The Govt. Of Nagaland – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND, J.
Case of the petitioners.
1. The aforementioned writ petitions are taken up together and are disposed of by this common Judgment & Order. The petitioners of all the writ petitions are aggrieved by the order dated 30.11.2022 more particularly, Annexure-6 of the WP(C) No. 7/2025 (similar order annexed with the other writ petitions). It is submitted that all the petitioners were appointed on ad-hoc basis as Primary/Graduate Teachers on fixed pay against SSA vacancy sanctioned posts and are presently serving at various Government Primary/Middle/High/Higher Secondary Schools under the Directorate of School Education, Nagaland, Kohima. Initially, the petitioners were appointed for a period for six months/one year but their services were extended from time to time and they are still serving as Primary/Graduate Teachers.
2. Vide Notification dated 02.09.2022, the Department of School Education notified mainstreaming of 2290 educationally and professionally qualified teachers as per NCTE norms appointed under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) of 2010 & 2013 batches into the State Education Cadre. As the petitioners were
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