The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order directing the CBI to probe the role of West Bengal government officials in a teacher recruitment scam. The high court was hearing a plea by the West Bengal government against a high court order quashing the appointment of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff made by the School Service Commission (SSC) in state-run and aided schools.
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra said it will hear the matter on May 6. “We will maintain the direction that further investigations will be undertaken by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) against officials of the state government,” the court said. The Calcutta High Court had said that the CBI would take up further investigations regarding persons involved in the state government approving the creation of supernumerary posts to accommodate illegal appointments.
If necessary, the CBI will conduct custodial interrogations of the persons concerned, he said. Challenging the order, the state government, in its appeal filed before the high court, said the high court canceled the appointments “arbitrarily”. “The apex court failed to appreciate the consequences of canceling the entire selection process, leading to immediate termination of service of the teaching and non-teaching staff with immediate effect, without giving sufficient time to the petitioner State to address such demand, making that the educational system is paralyzed,” the statement states.
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