IANS | 20 Nov, 2023
Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday passed an order saying that the
state is trying to save money by sucking blood of poor helpless
unemployed youth and compelling them to accept any term imposed upon
them on seeing a ray of hope for chance to earn something, not for
dignified livelihood but for survival.
The order was passed by the division bench of Justice Vivek Singh Thakur and Justice Sandeep Sharma.
The
state has formulated and implemented grant-in-aid to Parent Teacher
Association (PTA) Rules of 2006 for providing grant-in-aid to the PTA
teachers serving in schools.
However, vide communication dated
August 27, 2007, benefit thereof was declared inadmissible to the PTA
teachers serving situated in the area of municipal corporations,
municipal committees and nagar panchayats.
The court observed that
despite repeated directions by the courts to the state to provide
regular teachers in the schools, the state, irrespective of persons in
power, has failed to follow the directions and to appoint regular
teachers.
In compelling circumstances, the PTAs are constrained to engage teacher(s) to save the future of children.
The
court found the PTA teachers serving in rural areas or urban areas are
one of the same class and the classification amongst them is not
intelligible.
The PTA teachers in urban and rural areas are
appointed for identical reasons and perform identical jobs with equal
degree of accountability and responsibility.
The judges found the
classification of PTA teachers discriminatory and one more example of
exploitative policies formulated and adopted by the state.
