Employees of aided institutions are government staff: court

In what could be described as a landmark judgment, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday held that employees of aided institutions are also State Government employees.

The judgment means that employees of aided institutions, particularly schools, colleges and educational institutions, can demand facilities on a par with Government employees.

A Division Bench comprising Justice V.G. Sabhahit and Justice B. Manohar passed the judgment on an appeal by the State Government against a single judge order.

The single judge had allowed a petition by a Christian Education Trust and said that its employees were eligible for additional increment that the State had given to its staff. The Bench upheld the single judge order.