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Three separate pay disputes in Madhya Pradesh surfaced in court records over the past week, for three groups of workers, and in each the order has not yet turned into a payment.
In an order reported on Wednesday, the Gwalior bench of the High Court set aside a state order of 17 November 2017 and directed that eligible technical education professors get ₹9,000 grade pay and the associate professor designation under the Career Advancement Scheme within three months, The Sootr reported. Justice Anand Singh Bahrawat called the practice of giving 89 day temporary appointments and then showing a one or two day break to withhold benefits arbitrary and discriminatory.
A different bench is dealing with teachers of government aided schools. Justice Deepak Khot gave the state a last chance to apply the Seventh Pay Commission benefits already ordered, after a two week deadline set on 15 October passed, The Times of India reported. The principal secretary and the school education commissioner must appear in person on 14 December if the order is still not implemented.
The third dispute is at the Supreme Court. Dainik Jagran reported that the state has filed a fresh petition against a Jabalpur High Court order giving about 70,000 teachers Sixth Pay Commission arrears from 1 January 2006. The state's own estimate, as reported, is ₹5,600 crore in one time arrears and about ₹1,300 crore more each year. An earlier petition was dismissed.
Reports do not say whether the state will appeal the professors' order. For the people named in these cases, the next date matters more than the verdict.
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