SHILLONG, NOV 13: The Meghalaya College Teachers’ Association has accused the state government of attempting to rewrite a fact already settled by the High Court — who prepared the 2023 Draft Pension Scheme.
In a statement, MCTA responded to the Education Department’s communication on November 12, which suggested that the draft was merely a proposal submitted by the teachers and not a scheme prepared by the State.
MCTA, the petitioner in WP(C) No. 281 of 2017, said the government’s version collapses when tested against the judgment of the High Court of Meghalaya dated September 10, 2026.
Paragraph 2 of that judgment, the Association pointed out, records in clear terms that a Trust was created and a Draft Scheme was prepared by the State and handed over to the petitioners for their response and suggestion.
The sequence of events in court, MCTA said, confirms this.
The State had first submitted before the High Court on March 22, 2023 that it would prepare a scheme acceptable to the teachers. Pursuant to the creation of the Trust, the Advocate General then formally handed over the state government’s Draft Rules to MCTA in open court on September 6, 2023, for its response and suggestions. It was only after that court-mandated consultative process, on October 5, 2023, that MCTA returned its suggestions on the state’s draft to the government.
The matter did not end there. On December 15, 2025, the state respondents were held to be legally bound to notify the pension scheme, with the Court holding that any deviation would amount to an act of detriment to the members of the petitioner association as well as to all employees of the deficit system entitled to the benefits of the scheme, and directing the state to finalise and notify it.
MCTA said the government’s attempt to recast the draft as its own proposal ignores this judicial history.
“Rewriting facts already recorded in judicial proceedings will not resolve the legitimate grievances of teachers whose statutory Provident Fund rights under the 1969 Act cannot be unilaterally altered without genuine stakeholder consultation,” the Association said.
Reiterating its full solidarity with the Khasi Jaiñtia Deficit School Teachers’ Association and all deficit employees across the State, MCTA urged the government to acknowledge its own decisions and efforts concerning the 2023 Draft Scheme and, above all, to respect the official judicial orders of the High Court.
