Judge Rajesh Shankar of the Jharkhand High Court heard a contempt petition regarding the appointment of para teachers to assistant teacher positions. After the hearing, the state government was instructed by the court to abide by the ruling. The case’s next hearing has been set for March 22.
Previously, all qualified para teachers who had applied as non-para teachers were to be called for counselling regarding the appointment of assistant teachers by the single bench. On behalf of Sudhir Kumar Rajak and others, a contempt petition has been filed in the High Court.
On behalf of the applicants, senior advocates Tejaswita Safalta and Ajit Kumar made an appearance. He stated that the government began appointing people to the position of assistant teacher in 2016. Para teachers were granted a 50% reservation in this.
A large number of para teachers applied under the non-para category. However, the only reason the state government denied them the privilege was because they were ineligible for paraprofessional appointments.
The single bench had previously ordered that qualified para teachers, whose number exceeded that of the final candidate chosen, be included in the counselling process in this particular case.
In the division bench, the government had submitted a petition in opposition. Yet the appeal filed by the state government was turned down. Consequently, a contempt petition was submitted after which the judge instructed to follow the court order.
by Swapnil Angel Samad