The High Court has ordered to provide retirement benefits to 5 lakh teachers and employees of private educational institutions under MPO within 6 months.
On Thursday (February 22), a High Court bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zeenat Haque passed the verdict. Advocate Mohammad Siddique Ullah Mia heard the writ in the court.
Later this lawyer said that according to Regulation-6 of the ‘Teachers and Employees Welfare Trust Regulations, 1999’ and Regulation-8 of the ‘Private Educational Institutions Teachers and Employees Retirement Benefits Regulations, 2005′, 2 percent of the teachers’ basic salary and 4 percent of the employees’ There was a provision to cut. In contrast, some financial benefits were provided to the teachers and staff from the teachers’ trust fund. But on April 19, 2017, two notifications were issued amending the provisions of the said regulations to deduct 2 percent and 4 percent of the basic salary of teachers and employees to 4 percent and 6 percent.
According to the notification, no additional financial benefits have been provided to the teachers and employees against this extra money cut, said Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah. He said that later on April 15, 2019, the Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Education issued a notification to the concerned authorities to accept the deposit of 6 percent and 4 percent of the salary of teachers and employees of private educational institutions for the month of April 2019 to the Pension Board and Welfare Trust. Give instructions.
He said that due to the non-enhancement of any financial benefit against the additional deduction, about 5 lakh teachers and employees of private educational institutions were angry and contacted the authorities to cancel the order of additional deduction of money due to the fear of financial loss. But if the authorities do not take any proper action in this regard, they hold various programs including human chain at different times. However, when the authorities remained silent, the teachers and employees filed a writ in the High Court challenging the notification issued by the Department of Secondary and Higher Education on April 15, 2019.
Justice M. on December 8, 2019 hearing the writ. Inayetur Rahim and Justice Md. The then High Court bench comprising Mustafizur Rahman issued a 4-week rule to the defendants seeking to know why the notification issued by the Secondary and Higher Education Department should not be invalid.
Later filed an application for supplementary rule seeking direction to issue a new regulation to provide benefits against 6 percent and 4 percent deductions to teachers and employees within 6 months of retirement. After the hearing, Justice Zafar Ahmed and Justice Md. The Akhtaruzzaman High Court bench issued a 4-week rule to the defendants.
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