P&H: Rejects Teachers’ Plea to Halt Relocation, Finds No Basis for Parity

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 16 Oct 2026
Headnotes

Service — Relocation — Principle of parity cannot be invoked by overlooking material distinctions in factual foundation of cases — Petitioners who had already joined their allocated districts and were not enjoying subsisting interim protection against relocation, could not claim the benefit of an order...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Rejects Teachers’ Plea to Halt Relocation, Finds No Basis for Parity

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition by teachers challenging an order directing them to leave their current postings and join schools allocated in other districts. The teachers had sought permission to remain at their existing schools during the academic session, relying on the Teachers Deployment Policy, 2026.

The petitioners said they were regularly appointed PRT/JBT teachers serving in Government Model Sanskriti Primary Schools in Rohtak. They argued that their relocation in the middle of the academic session lacked justification and sought protection similar to that granted to teachers in an earlier case, Sanjay Kumar v. State...

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