Bengal govt receives setback as Cal HC bars tainted teachers from taking part in fresh recruitment

Kolkata, July 10 -- The Calcutta High Court today ruled that the tainted candidates can not take part in the fresh recruitment in the teaching jobs, court sources said.

A division bench headed by Justice Soumen Sen, after hearing the arguments from the state as well as from the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) and opposite side, held its earlier a single bench judgement barring all the tainted teachers from taking part in the fresh recruitment process, which began in mid June.

The state and WBSSC on Tuesday filed a petition before a Calcutta High Court division challenging Monday's single bench order of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya that barred identifiable tainted recruits from the 2016 panel from appearing for the fresh sele...