The Supreme Court has requested a response from the Enforcement Directorate on a plea filed by jailed TMC MLA Manik Bhattacharya seeking bail in connection with alleged irregularities in the teachers' recruitment scam' case. The bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and SC Sharma issued notice to the ED, seeking its reply on the appeal filed by Bhattacharya challenging the November 16 Calcutta High Court order rejecting his bail application.