Big Blow To Trinamool, 25,000 Bengal Teachers Fired, Told To Return Salary


by NDTV

NDTV— In a big setback to the Mamata Banerjee government, the Calcutta High Court has cancelled the 2016 recruitment process for government-sponsored and aided schools.

Scroll.in—Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election. The High Court implicated the state government for involvement in the recruitment scam that has dominated the state’s politics over the last few years.

Scroll.in—HC declares 2016 West Bengal teachers’ recruitment panel invalid, cancels over 24,000 appointments. This came after a re-evaluation of the answer sheets for the State Level Selection Test for recruitment in the state government-sponsored and aided schools.

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