7th pay commission: This is what happened in court on delay in implementation in private schools

7th pay commission: Delhi government's alleged delay in the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission's recommendations in private unaided schools is causing hardships to students, teachers, and parents, said an appeal made by a private unaided schools association to the Delhi High Court. The court, on its part, has sought a response from the Directorate of Education (DoE) on this plea, as reported by PTI.

"Needless to emphasise that any delay in the implementation and retrospective implementation of the 7th Pay Commission's recommendations leads to huge problems not only for the private unaided recognised school, who have to collect funds for such implementation, but also leads to huge resentment among parents who are made to pay the arrears and amongst the staff and teachers who are deprived of their entitlement for no reason," the plea said.

According to the report, although Justice Sunil Gaur had issued a notice to the DoE and the Lieutenant Governor on the plea but it refused to stay a April 2018 decision of the DoE. DoE has barred several private schools from implementing the 7th Pay commission report, while allowing others to go ahead.

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The counsel for the petitioner association, the Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private Schools, said the matter has far-reaching consequences and private schools were entirely dependent on tuition fees.

The counsel for the petitioner association also said that government's  April 13 order would contribute to the delay in implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations. This would also lead to school teachers from the schools barred for the time being from hiking the pay of their staff.