Advocate General asked to file review petition against SC ruling
Shillong, Nov 25: The state government has sought amendment to the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) regulations, based on which the Supreme Court had mandated all primary school teachers to clear Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) within two years.
The government has also directed the Advocate General to file a review petition against the SC ruling in this regard.
However, education minister Lahkmen Rymbui said, “More importantly, we are trying to convince the Central Government to amend the NCTE regulations so that it will not have retrospective effect but it should effect (prospectively) only after the coming of the RTE.”
As per the Supreme Court ruling, all in-service primary school teachers irrespective of their length of service have to clear TET within two years.
Meanwhile, the minister said he was unaware of teachers from Meghalaya joining the nationwide protest on the issue in New Delhi on Monday.
Reiterating the government efforts to protect teachers’ services, he said, “The state government is trying as much as possible to see that whatever order given by any authority, which affects the services of the teachers, it should not be retrospective, it should be prospective.”
He, however, made it clear that the government would abide by the Supreme Court ruling.
Asked about progress on the review petition, Rymbui said, “We have already decided and the AG is working on it. Necessary documents are in process.”
“The AG must have already filed it but I have not asked him but a decision has been taken and instruction has been given (to file a review petition against the SC ruling),” he stated.
