Shiksha Mitra turned teachers have filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court seeking benefits of the old pension scheme.
A Single Bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava heard the petition filed by Gurucharan and 7 Others.
By means of the writ petition, the petitioners pray for issuance of a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent authorities to take into account the previous services of the petitioners rendered by them on the post of Shiksha Mitra in different primary schools of the State of U.P, for the purpose of computation of pension benefits under the old pension scheme as they have been initially appointed on the post of Shiksha Mitra before the year 2005.
Considering the nature of the issue involved in the writ petition and the relief sought by the petitioners the Court is of the opinion that the same can be adjudicated only after calling for a counter affidavit.
The Court has granted four weeks time to the respondents to file counter affidavit and one week time to file rejoinder affidavit.
The Court has fixed the next date of hearing on November 28, 2022.