High Court Restores Teachers’ Pay, Junks Edu Officer’s Order The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently overturned a series of orders that had halted the salaries of teachers and non-teaching staff in aided primary and upper primary schools. The court ruled that the actions taken by the education officer (primary), Zilla Parishad, Nagpur, and the superintendent of the Pay and Provident Fund Unit were arbitrary, illegal, and violated the principles of natural justice. The decision came after a large batch of writ petitions was filed by affected employees, who had been denied their salaries since March 2025. The court directed that the withheld salaries of the petitioners be restored and continued, effectively reversing the earlier orders. It also invalidated show-cause notices, cancellation orders, and related communications issued by the authorities. The petitions covered a wide range of employees, including assistant teachers, shikshan sevaks, junior clerks, and peons working in several aided schools. Many of these individuals had served for 10 to 15 years and had received approval orders and Shalarth IDs from competent authorities. The bench emphasized that there was no legal basis for stopping the salaries of these employees without due process. It noted that the dispute was already addressed in a previous ruling from April 21, 2025, in the case of Shrikant Ganpatrao Pawar and others versus State of Maharashtra and others. The court reiterated that the petitioners were entitled to their salaries, as they had continued working without interruption. The judges criticized the manner in which the authorities had acted, stating that the salaries were stopped "without any notice or without there being any fault on their part.#bombay_high_court #zilla_parishad_nagpur #superintendent_pay_provident_fund #shrikant_ganpatrao_pawar #state_of_maharashtra
