New Delhi:
Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded the intervention of President Draupadi Murmu, as irregularities were found by the Supreme Court in his appointment process.
In the letter to the President, Mr. Gandhi said that such collective termination would leave millions of students without enough teachers and destroy the morale of teachers. His letter followed a representation from the Shishak Vial Adhikar Manch, a platform of “unpublished” teachers influenced by the court’s decision.
The Supreme Court upheld the order of the Calcutta High Court last week Cancellation of appointment of over 25,000 Teaching and non-teaching staff under the West Bengal School Services Commission after gross irregularities in their selection process.
Decisions found that some teachers were “unpounted”, while some were chosen through “unfair means”. But the blanket sacked order applied to all teachers – both tainted and untouched, Mr. Gandhi said.
“Any crime committed during recruitment should be condemned, and criminals should be brought to justice. However, treating tainted teachers through fair means is a serious injustice to treat teachers selected through fair means,” read in their letter.
I have written to the Honorable President of India, Mrs. Droupadi Murmu Ji, demanding their kind of intervention in the case of thousands of qualified school teachers in West Bengal, who have lost their jobs after canceling the judiciary of the teacher recruitment process.
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) April 8, 2025
Mr. Gandhi said that most of them – who were selected through fair means – have served for almost a decade and their termination will affect the students.
“Lakhs of students without enough teachers will be forced into classes without enough teachers. Their arbitrary termination will destroy their morale and inspiration and often the only source of income to serve and deprive their families,” he said.
Pointing to the President that she herself was a teacher, Mr. Gandhi asked her to consider teachers’ requests and ensure that the teachers selected through fair means could continue with their jobs.
In 2016, at least 23 lakh candidates appeared for the selection test of teachers for 24,640 vacant posts. But 25,753 appointment letters were issued, which were blowing up the allegations of supernumeriry posts being made by the state government.
The Supreme Court ruled last week that the selection procedures were “detained by manipulation and fraud” but said that not particularly tainted, they would not have to return the salary they have received for years.
A informal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee The teachers vow to save their jobs from losing their jobs and said that the court should clarify who is worthy and who is not.
