Srinagar, Sep 21: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly that the initial five years of pre-regularisation service rendered by Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teachers on honorarium basis will be counted, on a notional basis, as qualifying service for pensionary and other retirement benefits, wherever applicable.
The government said this in reply to a question asked by MLA Shangus (Anantnag East) Reyaz Ahmad Khan regarding the service benefits and pension scheme applicable to ReT teachers.The government in its reply said that the Cabinet Decision No. 115/09/2014 dated June 19, 2014 already accorded sanction for counting the initial five years of pre-regularisation service rendered by ReT teachers as qualifying service for pensionary and other retirement benefits
The provision was notified through Government Order No. 469-Edu of 2014 dated June 25, 2014,” the government informed the House.
On the question of restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for teachers initially appointed under the ReT scheme before January 1, 2010, the government clarified that ReT teachers who were regularised before January 1, 2010 fall under the OPS.However, ReT teachers who were regularised after January 1, 2010 come under the New Pension Scheme (NPS), in terms of SRO-400 dated October 24, 2009 and the Finance Department’s Office Memorandum No. A/Misc/2012/F/466 dated April 20, 2012.
