Rajasthan Officials Get Supreme Court Notice For Not Reimbursing Salary To Teachers

The Supreme Court has issued notice to Rajasthan government education officials seeking their reply as to why contempt action not be initiated against them for non-compliance with its 2019 order, directing reimbursement of 70 per cent of the salary paid to teachers of a government-aided school.

The Supreme Court has issued notice to Rajasthan government education officials seeking their reply as to why contempt action not be initiated against them for non-compliance with its 2019 order, directing reimbursement of 70 per cent of the salary paid to teachers of a government-aided school that was shut in 2011. A bench of Justices RF Nariman, B R Gavai, and Hrishikesh Roy said, "Absolutely they have done nothing" and issued notice on the contempt plea filed by a trust, which used to manage a school, and sought the response from the officials within four weeks. "Issue notice, returnable in four weeks. Personal presence of the alleged contemnor(s) is dispensed with for the time being," the bench said in its order passed on May 6. Advocate Dushyant Parashar, appearing for petitioner trust 'Managing Committee Bishambhar Lal Maheshwari Education Foundation' argued that the Rajasthan government has not complied with the top court's orders passed on September 30, 2019. He said that even after the legal notice was served on the state government on September 9, 2020, no compliance of the direction in order dated September 30, 2019, has been made by the state government.