Multi-crore recruitment scam: Calcutta HC orders primary education board to publish 2016 appointment details

The candidates who had appeared for the exam in 2014 were selected without appearing for the compulsory aptitude test  
Here are the details | (Pic: EdexLive)
Here are the details | (Pic: EdexLive)

A single-judge bench of Calcutta High Court, hearing the alleged multi-crore recruitment scam, on Wednesday, April 3, directed the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBPPE) to publish details of primary teachers appointed in 2016, as per the IANS report.

The court's orders
The bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed WBBPE to publish the details including the merit list of primary teachers selected in 2016 within the next two weeks. Gangopadhyay also directed the board to submit a report to his court within the same period.

As per his direction, besides the merit list, the board will also have to publish the other details of the selected candidates including the districts, caste and category, precisely mentioning all of their details and on what basis they were recruited. The results will be put under scrutiny.

It may be noted that the maximum number of complaints in the case of primary teacher selection has been related to the recruitment process in 2016 when Partha Chatterjee was the state education minister. Chatterjee is currently in judicial custody in connection with his alleged involvement in the case.

What are the allegations made?
The recruitment of teachers for primary schooling was done in 2016 based on a notification issued in 2014. The main allegation in this process was that in many cases the candidates were selected without going through the compulsory aptitude test which carries separate marks, leading to questions of the validity of the process of recruitment by the State Government.

On Tuesday, May 2, the single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha of the Calcutta High Court was assigned the two cases against Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the alleged recruitment scam, after the Supreme Court on April 28 ordered to transfer those cases from the bench of Justice Gangopadhyay.

Justice Gangopadhyay has already expressed apprehension to the media persons that other cases relating to the alleged recruitment scam in state-run schools might be transferred from his bench on the same grounds, according to the report by IANS.

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