{
  "id": 9628365,
  "title": "6th Pay Commission Benefits - Madhya Pradesh High Court Grants 4 Weeks To State Government",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/6th-pay-commission-benefits-madhya-pradesh-high-court-grants-4-weeks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T20:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/6th-pay-commission-benefits-madhya-pradesh-high-court-grants-4-weeks-to-state-government"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh - The High Court has granted the state government four weeks to comply with its directive regarding the representation of primary teachers in government schools for the benefit of the 6th Pay Commission. The court instructed the state government to treat seniority from the date of first appointment in 1998, rather than from 1.04.2007. This decision was made after a contempt petition was filed by 497 teachers. The petitioners' counsel argued that the Supreme Court had dismissed a similar application filed by the state government against the High Court's December 12, 2025 order. The High Court noted that the petition could be disposed of, with a direction for the state government to take a decision within 90 days, if the primary teachers preferred to represent themselves individually within 30 days. The primary teachers sought the state government to grant the benefit of the 6th Pay Commission from 1.01.2006, as per M.P. Pay Revision Rules, 2009, and direct the respondents to release the arrears of pay to the petitioners while calculating the benefit of the 6th Pay Commission.",
  "summary": "Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): High Court principal seat has granted four weeks to the State government to comply with the court’s directive to decide the representation of primary teachers in government schools for granting them the benefit of 6th Pay Commission from 01.01.2006 and treat seniority from the date of first appointment in 1998. The court granted time to the State government during the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}