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Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) A second petition was filed in a single judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday challenging the results of the written examination for new recruitment of higher secondary teachers in government schools in West Bengal.
The fresh recruitment is taking place to fill the vacancies created by the cancellation of nearly 26,000 school jobs by a division bench of the Supreme Court earlier this year.
Delivering its verdict in April this year, the apex court had barred “tainted” teachers, who had secured jobs by paying them, from participating in the new recruitment process.
In the petition, the petitioner had argued as to why candidates with previous teaching experience in government-recognized private schools would not be able to enjoy the additional weightage criteria of 10 marks, which is given to candidates with previous teaching experience in state-run schools.
The petition has been accepted and the case is expected to be heard this week
This is the second petition filed before Justice Sinha’s bench during the current week, challenging the results of the written examination for fresh recruitment of higher secondary teachers in government schools in West Bengal.
On Monday, a plea was filed in the same bench that, in the list of candidates who qualified for interview published by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday, there are names of several “tainted” candidates, in clear violation of the Supreme Court order earlier this year barring “tainted” teachers from participating in the new recruitment process.
The Supreme Court on April 3 this year upheld an earlier order of a division bench of the Calcutta High Court, which had quashed the entire panel of WBSSC for 2016.
The Supreme Court also accepted the contention of the Calcutta High Court that the entire panel had to be quashed because despite repeated insistence by the High Court and the apex court, neither the State Education Department nor the Commission submitted two separate lists separating “tainted” candidates from “tainted” candidates.
The apex court directed that the entire new recruitment process will have to be completed by December 31 this year.
Although the Supreme Court barred “tainted” teachers from participating in the new recruitment process, it allowed “spotless” teachers to participate.
–IANS
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