Supreme Court of India

U.P. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL INSTRUCTOR WELFARE ASSOCIATION versus STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS.

2026 INSC 117

Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 758/2026
Judgment date
2026-02-04
Petitioner / appellant
U.P. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL COUNCIL INSTRUCTOR WELFARE ASSOCIATION
Respondent
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS.
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 117
Other citation
[2026] 2 S.C.R. 323
CNR
ESCR010000422026
Bench / judges
PANKAJ MITHAL, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE
Author judge
PANKAJ MITHAL
Bench size
2 Judges
Disposal nature
Not available
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether part time contractual instructors/teachers appointed in Upper Primary School in the State of U.P. are entitled to revision of their honorarium of Rs.7,000/- per month which was fixed for a contract period of eleven months or would continue to receive the same fixed honorarium for years together or for all times to come without any increment.

Available source description

Civil Appeals arising out of S.L.P (C) No.9459 of 2023 and S.L.P. (C) Nos.3331-3334 of 2024 filed by the Welfare Association and teachers respectively are allowed whereas the Civil Appeals arising out of S.L.P. (C) Nos. 1744- 1749 of 2026 filed by the State of U.P. & Ors. are dismissed.

Headnote excerpt

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 – Samagra Shiksha Scheme (subsumed the earlier Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) –

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