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MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR
G. Jeyakumari – Appellant
Versus
District Educational Officer, Valliyoor – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned order of the 1st respondent in Na.Ka.No.1660/A2/2020, dated 03.11.2020 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to award selection grade to the petitioner in the post of B.T Assistant as on 02.09.2020 with all monetary benefits within the time fixed by this Court.)
1. The petitioner herein was originally appointed as Secondary Grade Teacher on 01.11.1997 in the 2nd respondent-School and on completion of 10 years of service, she was granted Selection Grade on 01.11.2007 in the post of Secondary Grade Teacher. Thereafter, the petitioner was promoted as Middle School Headmaster on 12.09.2010. While so, the 2nd respondent-School was upgraded as High School from the academic year 2013-2014 and the services of the Teachers were also absorbed in the High School. Consequent upon the upgradation of the 2nd respondent-School, the post of Middle School Headmaster also stood converted as B.T. Assistant with effect from 22.03.2014 and she has been continuing in the said post. While so, on completing 10 years f
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the service rendered in an equivalent post should be taken into consideration for the award of Selection Grade, especially when the conversion....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the entitlement to selection/special grade for government employees is based on stagnation in the same post without promotion for a certain pe....
Eligibility for Selection Grade requires completion of 10 years in the respective post, as per Pay Commission recommendations.
The concept of granting selection grade and special grade should not be tampered with and that teachers are either eligible for promotion or for Selection/Special Grade, not both.
Eligibility for Selection Grade is determined by the completion of ten years of service as a Primary Teacher, independent of regularization status.
Continuing wrong exception to laches permits belated Selection Grade claim for pension benefits post-school closure absorption.
The court held that the petitioner is entitled to the second selection grade based on service counted from the date of initial appointment, affirming the legality of benefits from that date.
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