New Delhi, July 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the claims of over 350 teaching and non-teaching staff who sought recognition of their appointments in various madrasas in West Bengal after the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission Act, 2008, was declared unconstitutional by a single judge, a decision later upheld by a division bench of the Calcutta High Court.
The petitioners contended that they had been regularly appointed and were therefore entitled to salaries under the West Bengal government's Grants-in-Aid Scheme.
A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and A G Masih dismissed the writ petitions, holding that they were devoid of merit.
More than 40 writ petitions were filed by 361 petitioners claiming to have been appointed ...