Overview
- Police blocked Special Cadre Teachers marching toward the chief minister’s residence at the Chandigarh–Mohali border, erecting barricades and deploying heavy security.
- Officers used water cannons to disperse the crowd, with reports of a cane-charge; union leaders said three teachers were injured during the action.
- Teachers say 12,710 ad-hoc educators received regular appointment letters in 2023 but have not been granted notified pay scales, service rules or related financial benefits.
- Their demands include implementation of pay scales and service rules, restoration of the old pension scheme, medical reimbursement, group insurance, ex-gratia gratuity, mobile allowance, child care leave, and raising the retirement age to 65.
- According to union leaders, authorities accepted a memorandum and set meetings with the education minister on March 6 and a finance minister–led subcommittee on March 10.