The services of 60 more teachers in government-aided primary schools who got jobs after writing the 2014 TET (Teachers’ Eligibility Test) were terminated by Calcutta High Court on Thursday on the ground that their appointments were illegal.
Sixty-two teachers had approached the court with documents. Only two passed the court’s scrutiny. After verifying the documents, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordered the state education department to terminate the services of the rest.
Earlier, the judge had ordered the termination of the services of 53 and 143 teachers of primary schools in two phases on the same ground.
Altogether, five teachers have been able to retain their jobs after the judge expressed satisfaction with their documents.
The judge had earlier concluded that 263 teachers had got their jobs illegally on the basis of fake recommendations issued after the expiry of the merit list.
The judge had then asked the education department to sack all of them.
All 263 teachers then approached the Supreme Court against the order, saying Justice Gangopadhyay had not heard them before ordering the termination of their services.
The apex court asked the candidates to approach Justice Gangopadhyay again and asked him to hear them.
In case of teachers for classes IX and X, the judge had identified the appointment of 183 candidates as illegal.
West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) had informed the court that 102 of the 183 did not join the service. At this, the judge asked the WBSSC to complete the process of counselling to fill those 102 posts by December 24 from the waiting list.
But the WBSSC on Thursday informed the court that only 65 teachers could be appointed till now. The commission asked for more time and the judge asked it to complete the counselling by January 6.
