Hearing on the petition filed in a matter related to the appointment of guest teachers in the state, the Uttarakhand High Court in Nainital on Tuesday set August 1 as the next date of hearing in the case.
It is pertinent to mention here that in his petition submitted in the high court, the petitioner Alok Parmar has stated that he was a candidate for the post of assistant teacher, lecturer-teacher grade. He had challenged the appointment of guest teachers in the high court stating that the appointment of guest teachers should be made from among those who had secured merit in the assistant teachers lT grade examination but had not been able to secure appointment due to shortage of posts. Further, the petition has also stated that the State administration has on May 3, 2016 also issued a government order regarding the reappointment of six thousand guest teachers. After hearing the case on Tuesday, the high court single bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia has listed the matter for the next hearing on Monday, August 1.