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Time of India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
When examining body can't be changed, can teachers be sacked, HC asked
Kolkata: If a court of law can't change the examining body accused of corruption, can it scrap appointments of teachers serving in state primary schools for the last five years, senior counsel Anindya Mitra pleaded in Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. The senior counsel argued that the single judge could not establish the corruption charges against WBBPE despite holding a "roving inquiry". Mitra argued that the judge "misdirected himself" by ordering appointments of those who got marks below the minimum obtained by the last empanelled candidates in the districts. According to Mitra, 824 candidates whose total marks were below 13 got appointments when the minimum marks obtained by the last empanelled SC candidate in Birbhum was 14.191. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Mitra cited WBBPE records to argue that the judge considered the marks of the last empanelled candidate under the SC category for Birbhum district only, when the cut-offs were higher in other districts. "If you feel that the examining body is corrupt, you could have assigned some other body, though there is no guarantee that the new body won't be corrupt," Mitra said. A division bench of justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetoborto Mitra adjourned the hearing till 2pm on Thursday. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Doctor's Day 2025 , messages and quotes!
Time of India
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
WBBPE appeals against cancellation of appointment of 32,000 teachers
Kolkata: In an appeal against the cancellation of the appointment of 32,000 candidates in primary schools, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) on Tuesday told the Calcutta High Court that there was no case of corruption in the 2016 recruitment process. Senior advocate Kishore Datta represented the WBBPE in its appeal against the order of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on May 16, 2023. The next hearing is on June 12. Datta argued, "Corruption was alleged for the 2014 and 2020 recruitment processes. We are dealing with the 2016 recruitment process. The petitioners had claimed that TET 2014 was the biggest scam, and Rs 14-20 lakh was taken for a job. This has nothing to do with the recruitment process of 2016. With regards to corruption, everything is related to TET 2014." The petitioners, "untrained and unselected" candidates, said during the last hearing that even though they were placed similarly to many other "untrained" candidates who were selected, they were not considered by the Board. They alleged that no aptitude test took place. In his arguments, Datta questioned whether Justice Gangopadhyay could have directed the dismissal of appointments when the petitioners did not include such a prayer in their plea. "The court took it upon itself to act as the prosecutor. First is the bar to undertake this kind of probe, and secondly, at whose instance. The HC should have restricted the pleadings… My case is that the judge became the prosecutor."
