The Calcutta High Court has ordered the termination of the services of 36,000 primary school teachers in different state-run schools in West Bengal. The Court directed the West Bengal Board of Primary Education to fill the vacant posts with newly appointed teachers within the next three months.
Justice Abhijit Ganguly Bench of the Calcutta High Court gave the order, stating that none of the 36,000 teachers had gone through proper training and were recruited without appearing for the compulsory aptitude tests. During the next four months, the teachers will attend their respective schools and receive the salary of para-teachers instead of regular teachers.
In a related case, the Court will hear Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee’s petition on Monday regarding the teacher recruitment case filed by Soumen Nandy. A judge had directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to keep a public speech by the TMC leader within the ambit of its investigation.
The Soumen Nandy versus State of West Bengal case was transferred from the court of Justice Abhijit Ganguly to that of Justice Amrita Sinha by the Calcutta High Court’s Acting Chief Justice on a direction by the Supreme Court.
The case of Soumen Nandy versus the State of West Bengal was moved from Justice Abhijit Ganguly’s court to Justice Amrita Sinha’s court by the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court following a directive from the Supreme Court. Justice Sinha reviewed applications from Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee to be included as a party in the case and to overturn Justice Ganguly’s ruling. The hearing for these matters will take place on Monday.