Calcutta HC Cancels Jobs Of 36,000 Primary School Teachers, Orders Fresh Recruitment Within 3 Months

Justice Abhijit Ganguly of Calcutta High Court observed that none of these 36,000 teachers had gone through proper training for getting recruited as primary school teachers.

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Source : ANI

New Delhi: The Calcutta High Court ordered the termination of service of 36,000 primary school teachers in different state-run schools and directed the West Bengal Board of Primary Education to fill up the vacant posts with newly appointed persons. Justice Abhijit Ganguly Bench of Calcutta High Court directed the Board to complete the recruitment process within the next three months, news agency ANI reported.

According to reports, while passing the order, Justice Abhijit Ganguly observed that none of these 36,000 teachers had gone through proper training for getting recruited as primary teachers and they got recruited without appearing for the compulsory aptitude tests.

West Bengal | 36,000 recruitments (of primary school teachers) to be cancelled. The Board will arrange for the appointment of newly appointed persons to the vacant posts. This should be completed within three months. Recruitment process to be videographed. Former president of the… pic.twitter.com/msjR9iIUvU

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However, Justice Ganguly ordered that these 36,000 primary teachers will be able to attend their respective schools for the next four months and during that period, they will be entitled for the salary of para-teachers instead of that for regular teachers.

Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court said it will hear on Monday next a petition by Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in the teacher recruitment case by one Soumen Nandy, in which a judge had directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to keep a public speech by the TMC leader within the ambit of its investigation.

The Soumen Nandy versus State of West Bengal case was transferred from the court of Justice Abhijit Ganguly to that of Justice Amrita Sinha by the Calcutta High Court's Acting Chief Justice on a direction by the Supreme Court.

Justice Sinha, taking up applications by Banerjee seeking to be added as a party in the matter and for recall of the order passed by Justice Ganguly, said that the matter will be taken up for hearing on Monday.