The Delhi High Court today warned the Delhi government of attaching its bank accounts if it did not release funds for payment of salaries of MCD school teachers in east and north Delhi, observing it was "intolerable" not to pay the teachers who served selflessly.
The court asked the Delhi Government to show some bona fide by paying salaries of teachers in municipal schools and said the state should treat all teachers -- of MCD schools and Delhi government -- at par.
Anguished over non-payment of salaries of municipal school teachers, a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said this was "intolerable", "completely improper" and an "inefficient system".
"We will attach your (Delhi government) bank accounts. We will stop you from paying salaries to your teachers. Let all the teachers be treated at par. How can you even claim you are interested in education," the bench said.
It also observed that the "teachers are the only persons in this world who give selflessly without any expectation. They do not even expect a 'thank you' from their students. We are absolutely appalled. Show some bona fide."
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