Emphasizing that students should not suffer, the Supreme Court today said that the teachers of West Bengal whose appointment was canceled earlier this month, can continue to teach until the fresh selection process is completed due to irregularities in recruitment. This relief, however, is only for ‘unpublished’ teachers – whose names were not associated with any irregularity during the 2016 appointments.
However, the Supreme Court set a time limit for the Bengal School Services Commission (SSC). Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna said that SSC will have to release the advertisement for the latest recruitment drive by 31 May and the selection process should end by 31 December.
The Chief Justice said, “The state government and the commission will file an affidavit before or before May 31, as well as attach the schedule to ensure this to complete the recruitment process by 31 December. If the advertisement is not directed, the appropriate orders will not be passed, including the cost.”
This relief, however, would not apply non-teaching staff-group C and Group D-Par, in which the appointment of more than 25,000 employees was canceled by the Supreme Court on 7 April.
“We are not willing to accept the prayers of Group C and D employees because the number of tainted candidates is high in number. What has we inspired us to pass this order for students undergoing studies due to the order passed in this court,” said the bench said.
