For years, a major hurdle for these educators was that if they moved from one school to another during their three-year term—even if both were government-approved—their service "clock" would reset to zero. They would have to start a fresh three-year period, effectively losing years of progress toward permanent status. A significant Government Resolution (GR) February 2026 fundamentally changed this: Counting Past Service
: Recent legal disputes have focused on whether teachers appointed before 2013 should be forced to pass the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to keep their jobs. maharashtra government gr for shikshan sevak