SHILLONG, India, May 11 -- Meghalaya High Court issued the following judgment/order on April 9:
1. The brief facts of the case are that the writ petitioners herein numbering 45(forty-five), who were contractual Government Teachers, teaching in Lower Primary Schools were terminated on 15.12.2020, on not having the requisite qualification of Meghalaya Teachers Eligibility Test (MTET).
2. The grievance of the writ petitioners as projected in the writ petition is that after 2019, though the Government has held only 3(three) examinations for qualification of MTET, the petitioners have since qualified, but however there has been no fresh recruitment to the numerous vacant posts that are available.
3. Mr. V. Singh, learned counsel for the pet...