Allow ‘untainted’ teachers to continue work till fresh hiring, Bengal urges SC
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of its order that upheld the termination of about 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff, reported The Indian Express.
The state board asked the court to allow teachers “not found to be tainted” by the bribery allegations to continue their work until the end of the academic year or until fresh appointments are made, whichever is earlier.
On April 3, the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court order that had declared as null and void the 2016 State Level Selection Test for recruitment in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools.
The High Court bench had passed its direction in April 2024 based on the findings of a re-evaluation of the Optical Mark Recognition sheets from the 2016 recruitment exam in the case.
The re-evaluation found that the selected teachers had been recruited against blank Optical Mark Recognition sheets.
Taking note of this, the Supreme Court had said: “Regarding findings of this case, entire selection process is vitiated by manipulation and fraud and credibility and legitimacy is denuded.”
On Monday, the state board told the Supreme Court that after its order, “services of 17,206 out of the 1,51,568 teachers, i.e 11.35% of the existing teachers, are to be terminated”.
This “would have a devastating impact across the schools in...
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