Calcutta HC is seeking voluntary resignations from people who were hired fraudulently

The Calcutta High Court has asked candidates who allegedly obtained jobs as teachers and non-teaching staff at state-run schools through deception to resign voluntarily or face harsh punishment.

According to Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, a senior advocate, a bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ruled on Wednesday that they may be barred from future government jobs.

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to look into alleged irregularities in the hiring of school teachers and non-teaching personnel.

The federal agency is investigating 12 similar cases and has questioned and arrested several top officials. The Enforcement Agency has also launched an investigation and arrested former state education minister Partha Chatterjee. Around 50 crore in cash is said to have been seized from his aide Arpita Mukherjee’s two flats.

The CBI informed the court on Wednesday that marks were manipulated to recruit undeserving candidates based on forensic analysis of the School Service Commission’s hard discs and server.

It told the court that a few thousand unqualified candidates were hired as teachers.

Pritinanda Behera

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