JAMMU, May 23: A Division Bench of the High Court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar while hearing LPASW No. 6/2015 c/w LPASW No. 18/2015, set aside a Government order that allowed Rehbar-e-Taleem Teachers to count their pre-regularization service towards seniority.
Court held that the impugned Government order was violative of established service jurisprudence and contrary to the Jammu & Kashmir Civil Services Rules of 1956 and Educational Subordinate Services Recruitment Rules of 1979 & made it clear that the ReTs cannot claim seniority from the date of their initial engagement since they do not become members of the regular service until formally appointed as General Line Teachers.
However, the Court clarified that other welfare benefits extended to ReTs, such as leave and pensionable service consideration, remain unaffected.
The judgement restored the seniority rights of JKSSB-recruited Teachers and upholds legal norms governing public service employment.
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