Shillong, May 18: The state government has agreed to clear eight months of pending arrear salary of Rs 47 crore to the SSA teachers in four instalments starting from June, this year.
This came after a petition was filed by the Meghalaya Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan School Association (MSSASA) before the Meghalaya High Court.
In its judgment passed on Wednesday, the Court disposed of the petition after the state government informed that a formula has been worked out for release of the pending arrear salary of SSA teachers.
“We are happy to inform all SSA teachers that the state government has agreed to clear the arrear salary pending (amounting to Rs 47 crore) for eight months from July 1, 2016 to February 28, 2017,” MSSASA president Aristotle C Rymbai said in a statement issued here on Thursday.
He said the Commissioner & Secretary in-charge Education Dr BDR Tiwari in a letter dated April 4, 2023 informed that the education department has worked out a formula to release the pending arrear salary of the SSA teachers.
“The first installment will be paid in June 2023 (at Rs 1191.615 lakh), second installment in December 2023 (at Rs 1191.615 lakh), third installment in June 2024 (Rs 1191.615 lakh) and fourth installment in December 2024 (Rs 1191.615 lakh),” Rymbai said.
