The high court judgment, pronounced on October 31, dismissing the pleas of the hapless 10,323 teachers for reinstatement in service on legal, constitutional and laid down procedural grounds has cast a deep shadow of grief and uncertainty over the future of the petitioners. It has also plunged them into an unfathomable pit of suffering and privation for the rest of their lives as long as they live in this world. With more than 200 teachers having already died prematurely of diseases without treatment or by suicide, the surviving among the jinxed group of 10,323 teachers now look with agony at a tormenting future of starvation, semi-starvation and death without treatment.

Be that as it may, the judgment has left a number of crucial questions unanswered while sparking debates and discussion

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