Around 275 teachers had their state government jobs made permanent after January 1, 2010, and received the National Pension Scheme (NPS) instead of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS). This decision upset the teachers. They argued for OPS because they had started teaching before January 1, 2010, which is when the NPS became compulsory for J&K state government employees.
To understand this better: NPS became mandatory for central government employees starting January 1, 2004, and for J&K state government employees starting January 1, 2010. However, court rulings allowed certain central government employees who applied before 2004 but were recruited after 2004 to receive OPS. Similarly, the J&K state government also decided that some of their employees would be eligible for OPS even though their service regularisation or recruitment took place after 2010.
