A special division bench in the high court that has been set up to deal with the cases related to alleged irregularities in recruitments in state government-aided secondary schools started its hearing on Monday.
Advocate Kalyan Banerjee, who represented the school service commission, told the division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice Mohammad Shabbar Rashidi that the previous court had awarded “capital punishment” without even hearing the SSC and the state.
“The previous court had listened only to the prayers of advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya (representing candidates who are claiming they have been denied jobs because of the alleged irregularities in recruitments). We did not get any chance to defend our case and were directly awarded capital punishment,” Banerjee submitted.
Advocate Bikash Bhattacharyya said the CBI probe had revealed that 609 people had been illegally recruited to Group C and D posts in secondary schools.
The division bench asked what action has been taken against those who had been recruited illegally. At this, Bhattacharya said that according to a directive of the Supreme Court, no action can be taken against the 609 candidates till the disposal of the case.
The special division bench has been set up to hear the cases of alleged irregularities in recruitments following an order of the Supreme Court.