WP/34274/2025 of SMT POORNIMA D Vs STATE OF KARNATAKA on 7 October 2026

ORAL ORDER

Learned counsel for the petitioners has filed a memo seeking for dispensation of notice to respondent No.4. In light of the memo filed, issuance of notice to respondent No.4 is dispensed with.

2. The petitioners have challenged the validity of the Act-7/2014 i.e., the Karnataka Private Aided Educational Institutions Employees (Regulation of Pay, Pension and other Benefits) Act, 2014. The petitioners have also sought for extension of benefits as may flow from the order passed in W.P.No.21216/2014.

3. At the time of consideration of the matter, reliance is placed on the order passed in W.A.No.2476/2015 and connected matters dated 24.07.2026.

4. A perusal of the said order would reveal that writ petitions assailing the constitutional validity of the Act

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in question was allowed and W.P.No.21216/2014 and connected matters came to be allowed. The same was challenged in W.A.No.2476/2015 and connected matters.

5. Learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondents submits that while the order in writ petition was affirmed, however the nature of relief that flows to the petitioners is on the basis of the observations made in para 61 of the order in appeal. Taking note of the same and on perusal of para 61, the present petition could be disposed of.

6. Para 61 of the judgment reads as follows: "61. It is also necessary to clarify the extent of the relief that would flow from the present judgment. The issue involved in the present batch of matters is confined to whether the service rendered by employees during the non-grant period is liable to be reckoned for the purpose of fixation of pay and other consequential service benefits. Neither the provisions governing grant- in-aid nor the statutory framework casts any liability upon the State to pay salary for the period prior to admission of the post to grant-in- aid. As produced supra, Annexure-I of Rules, 1999 would make it abundantly clear that the management shall be liable for payment of salary and other benefits till the date such posts are

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admitted into grant-in-aid. The liability to pay salary during the non-grant period continues to rest upon the management of the concerned institution. Consequently, the service rendered during the said period shall be taken into account only for the purpose of notional fixation of pay as on the date of admission of the post to grant-in- aid and for extending consequential benefits such as pension and other service benefits. The employees shall not be entitled to claim arrears of salary or any other monetary benefits from the State for the period preceding the admission of the post to grant-in-aid."

Taking note of the above, entitlement of the petitioners would be as observed by the Court in the observations contained in para 61.

7. Accordingly, the petition is allowed. Respondents No.2 and 3 to take note of the observations made above and reckon service of the petitioners from the date of appointment i.e., appointment pre grant-in-aid for the purpose of notional fixation of pay in order to calculate benefits such as pension and other service benefits. Such consideration to be completed within a period of six (6) months.

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Accordingly, the petition is disposed of. Sd/- (S SUNIL DUTT YADAV) JUDGE MCR List No.: 1 Sl No.: 6