UPSC office in New Delhi UPSC office in New DelhiThe AAP government has asked the UPSC to look into a decision of its cabinet giving nod for regularisation of Kashmiri migrant teachers, who fled their state and are working in municipal and government schools on contractual basis for about 13 years. A letter was written to the UPSC following the Delhi High Court’s order to the government to take an expeditious decision on regularising Kashmiri migrant teachers. The Delhi government told UPSC that after the cabinet’s July 12 decision, they have obtained the LG’s approval and wants its concurrence. The bench was hearing the government’s appeal challenging a 2015 order of a single judge of the high court directing regularisation of the Kashmiri migrant teachers employed on contractual basis in government and municipal schools in the national capital since 1994. In municipal schools, while regular teachers were in 2015 getting Rs 49,900, the migrant teachers were being paid Rs 25,000, it had said.

Source: Indian Express September 17, 2017 04:41 UTC