(Anil R. Dave, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph, JJ.)
W.B.O. Primary Teachers’ Assn. & Ors. ______________ Petitioner(s)
v.
Chairman, Ad-Hoc Committee, North & Ors. __________ Respondent(s)
I.A. Nos. 2 & 3 of 2015 in I.A. No. 13/2013 in Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 15253/2006, decided on January 28, 2016
With
I.A. Nos. 17 of 2014 & 19 to 24 of 2015 in SLP(C) No. 14897/2008
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. The case has peculiar facts and circumstances.
2. In pursuance of order dated 2nd December, 2015, the Verification Committee has verified the details with regard to 1257 Organizing Teachers and has come to its final conclusion that out of 1257, 203 Organizing Teachers, who were parties in the petitions filed before the Calcutta High Court, are below the age of 60 years as on today and they are also qualified to become teachers as per Rules which were in force as on 14th September, 1995. Names of those 203 Organizing Teachers have been given in the list at Annexure R-6 to the Report of the Verification Committee constituted in terms of the order dated 2nd December, 2015. The Report has been handed over to us in Court today, which is taken on record.
3. The said Organizing Teachers shall submit relevant documents concerning their age and their qualification, to the Verification Committee within four weeks from today and after verification thereof in presence of the concerned Organizing Teachers, the Verification Committee shall come to a final conclusion with regard to veracity of the certificates and thereafter shall recommend the names of the qualifying Organized Teachers to the State within four weeks thereafter. Upon receipt of the said list, the State shall give appointment to the persons recommended by the Verification Committee within four weeks from the date of receipt of the list.
4. It has been submitted by the learned counsel appearing for some of the Organizing Teachers, who are not within the list of afore-stated 203 persons, that they are also eligible for appointment but because of some mistake their names have not been included in the list.
5. If it is so, it would be open to them to approach the Verification Committee on or before 29th February, 2016, so as to show that they are duly qualified as other Organizing Teachers as per Rules in force as on 14th September, 1995 and they are below the age of 60 years as on today. We are sure that as and when such an application is made, the Verification Committee will look into their grievance and take appropriate action as soon as possible, preferably within six weeks thereafter.
6. So far as other 5616 Organizing Teachers (as per the list furnished by Mr. Amarjit Singh Bedi, the learned counsel), who claim to be parties before the High Court in Writ Petition No. 15632 of 1998, are concerned, it has been submitted that all relevant details with regard to their qualification and age, details of which are to be examined by the Verification Committee, have already been given to the learned counsel appearing for the respondent-State. The verification details shall be put in a tabular form, as per order dated 2nd December, 2015.
7. The afore-said material shall be placed before this Court within eight weeks from today.
8. List these matters on 7th April, 2016, at 2.00 p.m.
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