New Delhi, March 13 -- The Supreme Court has ordered all the states and Union Territories to notify by March 28 the sanctioned posts of teachers for special children and immediately begin the selection procedure of the same.

Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice K Vinod Chandran has said that those teachers working on an ad-hoc basis in different states be regularised by a scrutiny committee on the merits of each candidate.

The apex court made it clear that selection and appointment should be made of qualified or competent or eligible teachers only.

"Each states and UTs shall come out with notifications with the number of posts that they have sanctioned for teachers who have to impart education to children with special needs. After the ...