Probirth D. Marak vs. The State Of Meghalaya

ITEM NO.4 Court 5 (Video Conferencing) SECTION XIV

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s).6766/2021

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 10-12-2020 in WA No. 21/2020 passed by the High Court of Meghalya at Shillong)

PROBIRTH D. MARAK & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.55487/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE SLP and IA No.67668/2021-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Date : 09-07-2021 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.R. SHAH

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Salman Khurshid, Sr. Adv. Ms. Sakshi Kotiyal, Adv. Ms. Lubna Naaz, AOR

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

• 1 Permission to file the Special Leave Petition granted.
• <span id="page-0-0"></span>2 Mr Salman Khurshid, learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, submits that during the course of the nine years' service which was rendered by the petitioners as contractual employees, only one Teachers' Eligibility Test1 was held by the State of Meghalaya in January 2019. In these circumstances, it has been submitted that the State of Meghalaya ought to have given another chance to candidates such as the petitioners to appear in the TET Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2021.07.09 16:59:08 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

in order to allow them to seek the benefit of regular appointment in terms of the policy of the State Government. Learned Senior Counsel states that in the absence of such an opportunity, the petitioners would become age barred.

• 3 Issue notice, confined to the issue as to whether an opportunity can be given to the petitioners to appear in the TET, returnable in six weeks.
• 4 Liberty to serve the Standing Counsel for the State of Meghalaya.

AR-CUM-PS COURT MASTER

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR)