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The Calcutta High Court will hear today on the petition against 32 thousand primary teachers being fired in West Bengal. The bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Parthasarathi Chatterjee will listen to this case.
Demonstrations have been going on in West Bengal for a long time against the removal of teachers from jobs.
What is the whole matter?
In May 2023, the then Judge of the Calcutta High Court Abhijeet Ganguly ordered the cancellation of the appointments of 32,000 primary teachers in view of irregularities in the recruitment process. This order was taken on the basis of the petitions in which the candidates had alleged that many candidates who got low numbers were also appointed.
The state government had appealed to the Division Bench challenging this order. However, before the hearing in April 2025, Justice Saumen Sen separated himself from the case for personal reasons. After this, the case is the Chief Justice T.S. Sent to Shivganam. Now the case is near the new Division Bench headed by Justice Tapbrata Chakraborty. The High Court will hear this case today.
The job of 25 thousand teachers of WBSSC recruitment also in danger
In another case, 25 thousand TET pass teachers of West Bengal have been ordered by the Calcutta High Court on 3 April. However, the Supreme Court has currently allowed these teachers to be on jobs by December 2025.
There are continuous demonstrations in the state over the dismissal of 25,000 teachers in West Bengal. Teachers are demanding justice to impeccable candidates.
A bench of CJI Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said, ‘If the state government follows certain conditions, then we are ready to accept the state government’s recommendation regarding the recruitment of Assistant Teachers for class 9th to 12th. Advertising should be released on or before on 31 May 2025 for fresh recruitment. After this, its exam and recruitment process should be completely eliminated by 31 December 2025.
West Bengal full timeline for 25 thousand teacher recruitment
West Bengal SSC i.e. WBSSC appointed 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff between 2016 and 2020. Of these, about 18,000 candidates were appointed as an assistant teacher for 9th to 12th classes.
However, in 2021, many candidates questioned this recruitment process and also appealed to the court. During this time it was revealed that WBSSC entrusted a company named M/S NISA without any open tender to maintain digital database and scan and evaluate OMR sheets. According to the Kolkata High Court, WBSSC could not submit any document about this company which could prove its qualification.
Apart from OMR sheets, recruitment was done without issuing merit list in this recruitment process, disturbances were made about rank and there was a disturbance about waiting list candidates. The CBI was handed over its investigation, M/s NISA officials and others associated with the commission were questioned and some were also arrested.
Finally, on 3 April 2024, the Kolkata High Court ruled to cancel the appointment of 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff. The court said that it is difficult to differentiate between tainted and immaculate candidates. In such a situation, the appointment of all will be canceled. However, on April 17, the Supreme Court said that as long as there are new appointments, old candidates can continue the job.
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