Appoint school tribunal chief within 6 weeks 8212; HC

Nearly 250 cases are pending hearing and disposal at the tribunal causing hardships to the litigants, according to the petitioner. The tribunal serves schools and junior colleges in Greater Mumbai. Employees can approach the tribunal with their grievances, and the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Conditions of Service Act, 1977, provides that the matter should besettled within three months.

The government has been directed to fill up the presiding officer8217;s post as provided under Section 8 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools Conditions of Service Regulation Act, 1977. According to the petitioners8217; advocate, Mihir Desai, the government8217;s main contention was that qualified people could not be found. However, the court has directed the government to make use of all the provisions under Section 8 of the act to fill the post.