This has given legal sanction to the government’s plan to improve the education system. The state government had decided to merge the primary schools of the state by issuing an order on June 16, 2024. Under this, it was decided to operate government primary schools with low student numbers by merging them with other nearby schools. Two separate petitions were filed by Krishna Kumari and other petitioners against this decision. The petitioners had termed the merger policy as unconstitutional and a violation of the right to education of children and demanded the cancellation of the order.

The Lucknow bench of the High Court had reserved the decision after hearing the arguments of both the parties on July 4. Now on Monday, the court dismissed both the petitions while giving its verdict. The court said that this step of the state government has been taken with the aim of strengthening the education system and better use of resources. This will provide better educational environment and facilities to the children. The court said that in such cases, policy decisions cannot be challenged unless it is unconstitutional or malicious.

Difficulty in managing resources

The government had argued that it was becoming difficult to make adequate arrangements for teachers, buildings and resources in schools with low student numbers. The merger policy will not only improve the quality of education but will also lead to better management of budget and human resources. The state government has called this decision of the High Court a positive step. Now there is no legal obstacle in the process of merger of primary schools.

On July 1, 51 children including Krishna Kumari, a student of Sitapur district, filed a petition in the High Court against the order of the Uttar Pradesh government. Another petition was also filed on July 2. The petitioners had said that this order violates the Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE Act).

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In fact, the woman’s passport application was rejected because it did not have the signature of her husband. The court called this demand of the passport office surprising and said that this thinking still reflects the mindset of considering women as the property of their husbands.

What was the matter?

This case is related to a married woman who is stuck in a divorce case with her husband. The woman applied for a passport in April 2025, but the passport office did not proceed with the application because it did not have her husband’s signature. When the woman told them that the divorce case is pending in the court, the passport office still said that the husband’s signature is necessary. After this, the woman filed a petition in the Madras High Court against the Ministry of External Affairs, Passport Office and Chennai Police.

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What did the Madras High Court say?

The court clearly stated that a woman does not lose her identity and rights even after marriage. The court remarked that this system of taking permission from the husband for a passport reflects male-dominated thinking and is against women’s freedom in society.

The court said that it is extremely shocking that the passport office is asking for the permission and signature of the husband when the relationship between the husband and wife is already strained. This is like imposing an impossible condition.

Court order

The court directed the passport office to process the woman’s passport application independently and issue the passport to her within four weeks if all other documents are complete.

Impact of the decision

This decision has made it clear that one’s marital status cannot affect one’s personal and constitutional rights. This decision is especially a relief for women who are going through the process of marital dispute or divorce. This decision supports the identity, dignity and freedom of women.

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Women’s rights in the eyes of the law

As per the Passport Act 1967 and Passport Rules 2016, now husband’s approval or marriage certificate is not required for passport. A woman can keep her maiden name even after marriage. This is her valid and constitutional right. Passport can be withheld only for reasons given in Section 6 of the Passport Act, such as national security, pending criminal case, etc. This decision is not only related to a woman’s passport application, but it is a strong message to the entire society that a woman does not need a man’s approval for her identity and rights.

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Order to dispose of the application within 3 months

Allahabad High Court has issued orders to the state government to form a committee in this matter and take the representations of the petitioners and dispose of it within 3 months. Also, now their pension will not be cut.

Pension not recovered from petitioners

The court has clarified that the pension will not be recovered from the petitioners. This order has been passed by a single bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan. The petitioners argued that they had taken a lump sum amount on the basis of pension at the time of retirement. To recover that, a certain amount will be deducted from the monthly pension of the petitioners.

This is the matter

The amount of monthly deduction is a little more than 1% of the amount taken by the employees at the time of retirement. Thus, with the monthly deduction being made, the advance pension taken by the employees is paid along with interest in 10 years and 11 months. Which can be roughly considered as 11 years. It can be recovered for a maximum of 12 years.

It was also argued that a government order was issued by the state government on 8 December 2008. Through which the interest for monthly deduction has been made 15 years, which is not legally correct. At the same time, the Finance Department told the court that a committee has been formed to resolve the problems of the petitioners.

On this, the court has given the petitioners one month to submit their representations to the committee and after that, has ordered to dispose of the representations within 3 months. In such a situation, the pension of these pensioners of Uttar Pradesh will no longer be deducted.

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On three petitions challenging the tender process of liquor vends in Chandigarh, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday issued notice for April 3 and ordered to maintain the status quo. Liquor vends in Chandigarh will remain closed from April 1 to 3. The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered in this regard.

The High Court has stayed the orders for allotment of new contracts till April 3. Several applicants had approached the High Court against the tendering and allotment of contracts. The petition alleged that out of 97 contracts in the city, 91 contracts were allotted to one group, due to which this group will have a monopoly on the contracts in the city.

The High Court has stayed the allotment orders till the next hearing. The contracts that were allotted till March 31 last year will continue.

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During the hearing, the court said that such people have been appointed. He said that “the appellant authorities do not need to investigate further on the issue of medical fitness and they only have to reach the conclusion whether the medical certificate is sufficient or not.”

The High Court accepted the appeal of the officials on merits and quashed the decision of the single judge. This case was related to a 70 percent disabled woman who had passed the Anganwadi examination but was not given a job because she was 70 percent disabled.

Actually a woman had applied for a job in Anganwadi and was initially selected, but during document verification it was revealed that the woman is 70 percent disabled. The woman had submitted her fitness certificate, but she was not given the job. The woman challenged the case in the court and a single judge bench ruled in favor of the woman. On this the officials filed a petition and a two-judge bench overturned the decision and declared the woman ineligible for the job.

A bench of two judges said that the woman is more than 40 percent disabled. In such a situation, she will have difficulty in doing work related to Anganwadi. In Anganwadi, women have to take care of the nutrition of small children. Pregnant women also have to take care of their health. After the birth of the child, vaccination and other health related needs have to be taken care of.

If a child falls ill, he has to be taken to the hospital and updates have to be taken from time to time. In this connection, many times one has to go to the homes of children and women. For the pre-schooling of children, they have to be dropped from home to Anganwadi center and from the center to home. Physical fitness is necessary to do all these types of work. For this reason, the woman was found unfit for the Anganwadi job.

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The High Court issued this decision after hearing separate petitions of five other people including Veterinary Doctor Dr. Ratan Kumar Dubey of Animal Husbandry Department of Jharkhand Government. The High Court has also directed the Jharkhand government to give the benefit of DACP i.e. Dynamic Assured Career Progression to these doctors.

The court has said in its decision that the government of Jharkhand has adopted the recommendations of the sixth pay grade in accordance with the central government, in which it has been directed that the employees of the state government will also get benefits equivalent to those of the central government employees.

In the recommendations of the Central Pay Commission, it has been said that equal service benefits should be given to veterinary doctors and allopathic doctors. (retirement age increased to 65 year order latest news) In such a situation, the veterinary doctors of Jharkhand should get the benefit of DACP and retirement age limit of 65 years like allopathic doctors.

The court has directed the Jharkhand government to formulate appropriate rules and provisions in this regard and ensure compliance of the instructions within 16 weeks.

Now read the news related to retirement in points

Question 1: Has the retirement age of veterinary doctors been increased in Jharkhand?
Answer: No, Jharkhand High Court has given guidelines to increase the retirement age of veterinary doctors from 60 to 65 years.

Question 2: Does this order apply to allopathic doctors as well?

Answer: This instruction is specifically for veterinary doctors, so that they can get the same benefits as allopathic doctors.

Question 3: What is DACP (Dynamic Assured Career Progression)?

Answer: DACP is a system which ensures promotions and financial benefits to doctors based on their service period.

Question 4: How much time will the state government get to implement this order?

Answer: The Jharkhand High Court has directed the state government to implement this order within 16 weeks.

Question 5: Will this order apply to veterinary doctors of other states also?

Answer: This order is specifically for veterinary doctors of Jharkhand. For other states, such a decision will be taken by the respective state governments or courts.

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But meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh High Court has taken a big decision regarding the retirement age of government employees and decided to increase it by two years.

Retirement Age Increase News Latest Actually, a class IV female employee had filed a petition in the Himachal Pradesh High Court regarding the retirement age. The woman was retired at the age of 58, for which she had approached the court. While hearing the case, Judge Ajay Mohan Goyal reiterated the decision given by the High Court division bench in this regard and said that whether a class IV employee joined the job before May 10, 2001 or after May 10, 2001, he has the right to continue in service till he attains the age of 60 years.

The High Court considered the government’s intention to retire the petitioner Naro Devi at the age of 58 as wrong and directed the respondents to allow the petitioner to continue serving till the last day of the month in which she will attain the retirement age of 60 years. It is noteworthy that the division bench of the High Court had given a big relief to the fourth class (Group D Employee) employees regarding the retirement age. The Himachal High Court had ordered the Sukhu Government that all fourth class employees should be retired only after completing the age of 60 years.

While giving an important ruling, the Himachal High Court had clarified that discrimination against Class IV employees regarding retirement age is illegal. Therefore, all Class IV employees who have joined government service after May 10, 2001 will now be retired on completion of 60 years of age.

The High Court had ordered the government to recall the employees who were retired before the age of 60 years and retire them only after completing the age of 60 years. The applicant had alleged violation of these orders and demanded orders to continue his service till the age of 60 years.

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What changes has the Himachal Pradesh High Court made in the retirement age of government employees?

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has increased the retirement age of government employees from 58 to 60 years. Notably, Class IV (Group D) employees have been given the right to continue in service till the age of 60.

Have all the Class IV employees of Himachal Pradesh been ordered to continue service till the age of 60?

Yes, Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered Sukhu government to allow all Class IV employees to continue in service till they attain the age of 60 years, whether they were recruited before or after May 10, 2001.

Has the High Court given any relief to employees who retired at the age of 58?

Yes, the employees who were retired before the age of 60 years have been ordered to be re-employed after the High Court order and to be retired only after completion of 60 years of age.

When will the Himachal Pradesh government have to obey the High Court order?

The Himachal Pradesh government will have to comply with the orders of the High Court and provide an opportunity to all the concerned employees to continue in service till the age of 60 years.

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The High Court issued this decision on Tuesday after hearing separate petitions of five other persons including Veterinary Doctor of Animal Husbandry Department of Jharkhand Government Dr. Ratan Kumar Dubey. The High Court has also directed the Jharkhand government to give the benefit of DACP i.e. Dynamic Assured Career Progression to these doctors.

The court has said in its decision that the government of Jharkhand has adopted the recommendations of the sixth pay grade in accordance with the central government, in which it has been directed that the employees of the state government will also get benefits equivalent to those of the central government employees. In the recommendations of the Central Pay Commission, it has been said to give equal service benefits to veterinary doctors and allopathic doctors. In such a situation, the veterinary doctors of Jharkhand should get the benefits of DACP and retirement age limit of 65 years like allopathic doctors.

The court has directed the Jharkhand government to prepare appropriate rules and provisions in this regard and ensure compliance of the order within 16 weeks.

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For the first time, the exam was cancelled in March due to question paper leak. Now before the re-exam, Patna High Court has put a stay. Apart from this, Patna High Court has also put a stay on the matter of giving weightage to guest teachers of Plus 2 schools. The court has ordered to give 5 marks on the basis of each year and maximum 25 marks weightage on the basis of 5 years.

The court has said in its order that teachers of backward and extremely backward departments are getting weightage. In the teacher recruitment of BPSC, they are getting a weightage of 5 marks on the basis of each year. Both are teachers and both do the work of teaching. Guest teachers of the education department should also get weightage.

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It is worth noting that the guest teachers had appealed to the Patna High Court in this regard, after which the court has ordered to give weightage to the guest teachers of the education department as well. Let us tell you, a total of 5.25 lakh candidates have filled the form in TRE-3.

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Under the Haryana State Employment of Local Candidates Act passed in 2020, a provision was made to reserve 75 percent of private sector jobs with a monthly salary or wage of less than Rs 30,000 for residents of the state. For this, domicile certificate was made necessary. The domicile requirement was reduced from 15 years to 5 years.

Will the court’s decision prove to be a blow to the Khattar government?

This decision of the High Court has come at a time when less than a year is left for the assembly elections in Haryana. This decision is being seen as a big setback for Manohar Lal Khattar’s government.

This Act, passed by the Haryana Assembly in November 2020, received the assent of the Governor in March 2021. The law was seen as the brainchild of the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), an ally of the BJP in the state and whose leader Dushyant Chautala serves as the Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. The promise of reservation was also prominent among the promises made by Chautala before the 2019 assembly elections.

Gurugram Industrial Association and other companies had filed a petition

Gurugram Industrial Association and other employer bodies had filed a petition in the High Court against this law of Haryana . The petitioners had argued that the concept behind the law violates the constitutional rights of employers. He had also said that this Act is against the principles of justice, equality, liberty and fraternity enshrined in the Constitution.

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the Act in February 2022, but a few days later, after the appeal of the Haryana government, the Supreme Court canceled the High Court order.

The Supreme Court had asked the High Court to take a decision on the petitions soon. While hearing the petitions on Friday (November 17), the bench of Justices GS Sandhawalia and Harpreet Kaur Jeevan declared this law unconstitutional and canceled it.

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The Karnataka High Court has given an important decision regarding the increase in property rent. The High Court has said that if the rent agreement made for more than 11 months is not registered, then the landlord is not entitled to increase the rent. There is no need to register the rent deed up to 11 months. Reversing the lower court’s order, the High Court rejected the demand for rent hike and arrears by the property owner.

Rent agreement is a written agreement between the tenant and the landlord in which the concerned house, flat, room or any commercial premises etc. is given to the tenant for a fixed period. This agreement contains the details of rent, condition of the house, address and terms and conditions related to cancellation of rent advance. Under Section 17(1) of the Registration Act, 1908 the tenancy is required to be registered if the period is more than 11 months.

This was the case

According to media report, Srinivas Enterprises had given the property to Nedungadi Bank on a monthly rent of Rs 13,574. The tenant had also deposited Rs 81,444 as security deposit. Nedungadi Bank was the first private bank in South India. It was later merged with PNB. In 1998, the tenancy was renewed for another 5 years with a monthly rent of Rs 23,414.

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The rent agreement also states that the tenancy can be extended up to 5 years with a 20% increase in the rent every 3 years. In 2006, Srinivas Enterprises filed a civil suit to recover the rent as per the lease agreement. PNB argued that Srinivas Enterprises was not entitled to do so as the rent agreement was neither registered nor properly stamped. But the lower court did not accept the arguments of PNB and in the year 2018 ordered PNB to pay Rs 5.8 lakh to Srinivas Enterprises as rent and rent arrears.

PNB challenged in the High Court

PNB challenged the decision of the lower court in the High Court. Reversing the decision of the lower court, the High Court said that the rent agreement was made for more than 11 months. That’s why it was necessary to register it. But, this was not done. Therefore the property owner is not entitled to increase the rent.

Also, according to Section 52 of the Limitation Act, a suit has to be filed to recover rent arrears due for 3 years. But, the plaintiff did not do so. Therefore he is not entitled to appeal for arrears.

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Delhi High Court quashes the notification The Delhi High Court quashed a 2003 notification of the Ministry of Finance and an Office Letter (OM) of the year 2020 of the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare, in which the Central The personnel appointed in the paramilitary forces have been deprived of the benefits of the old pension scheme.

In this case, the personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have filed petitions.

Know what the bench of two judges said
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Nina Bansal Krishna’s bench said, ‘It is clarified that the notification dated December 22, 2003 as well as the old pension scheme (OPS) 17 The office memorandum of February, 2020 will be applicable in Rem (directed against anything).

This means that the OPS will be applicable not only to the petitioners in this case, but to all CAPF personnel at large, the bench said. Accordingly, necessary orders may be issued within eight weeks.

The judgment was pronounced on Wednesday and uploaded on the High Court website on Thursday.

Let us tell you that demand is being raised not only from the paramilitary forces, but also from the employees regarding the old pension scheme. A decision has been taken on this in states like Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, whereas in Himachal Pradesh also the government is preparing to take a decision on this.

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The issue of payment of outstanding DA arrears is continuously heating up in the state. In the past, there was a sit-in demonstration by the employees to demand the arrears of dearness allowance.

At the same time, the High Court has also reprimanded the government for the unnecessary delay in payment of dues. Under the order of the court, now the employees have to be given the benefit of DA arrears within 3 days.

High Court reprimanded the government

The West Bengal government on Friday faced a rebuke from the High Court over the delay in payment of dearness allowance dues to the employees of the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Kolkata High Court has directed WBSEDCL to clear all pending dues of the employees by December 6.

On Friday, Justice Mantha was informed by advocate Saumya Majumdar that despite the court’s order, the DA dues to the employees have not yet been paid by the state government.

Review petition filed by the government

On which Advocate General SN Mukhopadhyay, on behalf of the state government, said that a review petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court on the outstanding DA payment by the state government. Its hearing is to be held on December 14.

After hearing all the arguments, the Justice said that the filing of the review petition does not mean that the state government does not have to pay the dues of the employees. The balance amount must be paid first.

Right of DA employees- High Court

Along with this, the High Court has clarified that DA is the right of the employees, not charity, no organization can run without employees. That’s why there is a clear direction of the Supreme Court in the matter of DA payment. Keeping this in mind, the state government should pay the outstanding DA arrears of the employees at the earliest.

Allocated an amount of Rs 510 crore

Along with this, the High Court made it clear that the hearing on the review petition will now be held on January 6 instead of December 14. Before this the arrears of the employees should be paid.

On which the state government’s counsel clarified that the state government is trying its best and an amount of Rs.510 crore has already been allocated for the purpose.

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The issue of payment of outstanding DA arrears is continuously heating up in the state. In the past, there was a sit-in demonstration by the employees to demand the arrears of dearness allowance.

At the same time, the High Court has also reprimanded the government for the unnecessary delay in payment of dues. Under the order of the court, now the employees have to be given the benefit of DA arrears within 3 days.

High Court reprimanded the government

The West Bengal government on Friday faced a rebuke from the High Court over the delay in payment of dearness allowance dues to the employees of the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Kolkata High Court has directed WBSEDCL to clear all pending dues of the employees by December 6.

On Friday, Justice Mantha was informed by advocate Saumya Majumdar that despite the court’s order, the DA dues to the employees have not yet been paid by the state government.

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Review petition filed by the government

On which Advocate General SN Mukhopadhyay, on behalf of the state government, said that a review petition has been filed in the Calcutta High Court on the outstanding DA payment by the state government. Its hearing is to be held on December 14.

After hearing all the arguments, the Justice said that the filing of the review petition does not mean that the state government does not have to pay the dues of the employees. The balance amount must be paid first.

Right of DA employees- High Court

Along with this, the High Court has clarified that DA is the right of the employees, not charity, no organization can run without employees. That’s why there is a clear direction of the Supreme Court in the matter of DA payment. Keeping this in mind, the state government should pay the outstanding DA arrears of the employees at the earliest.

Allocated an amount of Rs 510 crore

Along with this, the High Court made it clear that the hearing on the review petition will now be held on January 6 instead of December 14. Before this the arrears of the employees should be paid.

On which the state government’s counsel clarified that the state government is trying its best and an amount of Rs.510 crore has already been allocated for the purpose.

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