SC notice to Maharashtra on plea challenging state govt resolution on teacher posts
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has sought Maharashtra's response on a plea challenging its March 2024 Government Resolution that modified the criteria for sanctioning teacher posts based on the number of students enrolled.
A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe issued notices to the state government, Commissioner of Education and others on the plea filed by Sindhudurg Zilla Shikshan Sanstha Chalak Mandal that claimed the Government Resolution (GR) was contrary to the policy and scheme of the Right to Education Act, 2009, with respect to the pupil-teacher ratio.
The GR of March 15, 2024, modified the criteria for sanctioning teachers' posts on the basis of the number of students in primary, upper primary, and secondary schools in the state of Maharashtra.
"The consequence of the said GR is that schools where students are not above a certain number, there would be only 1 sanctioned teacher for several classes," said the plea filed through advocate Ajit Pravin Wagh.
"This is on account of the fact that, unlike the RTE Act, 2009, this GR dated 15.03.2024, does not consider a class as a unit for measuring the pupil-teacher ratio but a section i.e. primary, upper primary, and secondary as a unit for measuring pupil- teacher ratio," the plea said.
The plea claimed that as a consequence, several schools/ neighbourhood schools having fewer students will be shut down, defeating the object of the RTE Act 2009.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
