Big setback for Mamata; SC upholds cancellation of 25000 West Bengal teacher appointments...

Big Setback For Mamata: The Supreme Court has given another big blow to the Mamata Banerjee government regarding the teacher recruitment scam in West Bengal. The court has upheld the decision of the Calcutta High Court to cancel the recruitment of 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff.

The court considered it to be related to corruption and fraud and declared these appointments completely illegal.

SC said, appointments have been made through corruption

The bench of Supreme Court Chief Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar clarified that these appointments were made due to fraud and fraud. The court not only upheld the High Court's decision but also ordered the termination of the services of the tainted candidates in connection with the appointments. The court said, "The appointments were completely illegal and damaged the credibility of the selection process.

West Bengal teacher recruitment scam

This scam is related to the corruption and irregularities in the recruitment process of teachers and non-teaching staff in West Bengal in 2016. It is alleged that bribery and violation of rules were done during these appointments, which deprived thousands of eligible candidates of their rights.

The matter came to light when some appointments came under controversy and were later challenged in the court. Salary demanded back from the recruited staff; merit list will be prepared again.

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The Supreme Court, while upholding the order of the High Court, said that all the tainted candidates appointed under these appointments should be relieved from their services and directed to return the entire amount including salary.

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Apart from this, the court directed that a new selection process should be started within three months, in which fair opportunities should be given to new candidates. Disabled candidates will be given relief on humanitarian grounds, but other candidates will have to go through the selection process again.

Supreme Court -new selection process should be started within three months

The Supreme Court said that under the new selection process, clean candidates will get equal opportunities, and this process will be completed in the next three months. However, there may also be an option to give some special relaxation to clean candidates in the new selection.

Summary

This decision poses a serious challenge to the Mamata government of West Bengal, and the government will have to take many steps to improve its image in this matter.