HC upholds single bench order rejecting invalidated 'tainted' teachers' appeal

The invalidated 'tainted' candidates on Thursday suffered yet another setback after the division Bench of Calcutta High Court (HC) upheld the single Bench order rejecting their plea to appear in the fresh recruitment examination for assistant teachers' posts in government-aided and sponsored schools in the state scheduled on two separate dates 7 and 14 September respectively.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE Kolkata, 4 September

The division Bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty today made it clear that candidates, whose names have already been mentioned in the official list of 1806 'tainted' teachers released by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), would be allowed in the fresh recruitment test examination.

SSC is responsible for recruitment tests of teachers, group C and D employees in state government secondary and higher secondary schools across the state.

Challenging the WBSSC's list of 'tainted' teachers, around 350 candidates had moved the HC seeking to appear at the fresh examination for assistant teachers.

The single Bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya rejected their appeal on Tuesday because they are 'tainted' as per the official list of the WBSSC. Justice Bhattacharya also said that the case was under the Supreme Court. The petitioners then moved the division Bench of Justice Chakraborty, who upheld the verdict of the single Bench of Justice Bhattacharya today.