Guwahati, Aug. 11 -- A division bench of the Gauhati High Court, comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury, has ruled that non-teaching staff working in government-recognised venture educational institutions in Assam deserve equal treatment under the law, similar to other government employees.

In its order, the court emphasized that these staff members should receive a "just scale of pay." However, the bench clarified that it would not define what constitutes the "just scale" and left that determination to the appropriate authorities.

The judgment came while hearing four writ petitions jointly challenging specific provisions of the Assam Education (Provincialisation of Services of Non-teaching Staff of Ventu...