The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday sought a reply from the Odisha Government over payment of salaries to Block Grant (BG) teachers in the State.The apex court in its notice has asked the State Government as to why the BG teachers would not be given full salary at par with Government college teachers.
The court served the notice on the basis of the petitions filed by BG teachers.
The next hearing in the court on the matter is posted for October 27.
Notably, the State Government on September 2 had abolished the Block Grant system and replaced it with the Grant-in-Aid (GiD) system following a 17-day dharna by the BG teachers at lower PMG Square in the State capital.