The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Bengal government to address a long-standing pay parity dispute involving part-time higher secondary school teachers. The state government now has four months to issue a “detailed reasoned order” regarding the teachers’ claims for the period between July 28, 2010, and December 24, 2013. July 16, 2024, order directed: “Having regard to the fact that the impugned judgment was passed on September 3, 2020 and the same has remained stayed in terms of the order passed by this Court on 20th September, 2021 in SLP (Civil) No. 2809/2021, it is deemed appropriate to direct the State Government of West Bengal to make compliances of the impugned judgment within a period of three months from today. The bench, after hearing arguments on behalf of the state and the petitioner, passed the order.

Source: The Telegraph January 07, 2026 02:36 UTC