The appointment of all 36,000 (more or less) candidates who were untrained at the time of recruitment in 2016 recruitment process conducted by the Board in the post of primary teachers are cancelled, said the court.
Justice Gangopadhyay directed that the recruitment process will be under the same rules and legal procedures under which the 2016 recruitment process was conducted
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the cancellation of appointment of around 36,000 candidates who were untrained at the time of their recruitment as primary teachers in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided schools
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhay, in the 17-page order uploaded in the high court s website after 11 pm, said that the allegation that there was no aptitude test has been proved before him from the evidence of the candidates and the interviewers.
In the report, sources said, the estimated financial involvement in the scam that is the proceeds collected through illegal recruitments is around Rs 200 crore.The