West Bengal Starts Verification Of 'Untainted' Teachers Removed After SSC Recruitment Scrap
The West Bengal School Education Department is verifying applications from ‘non-tainted’ teaching staff who were in the state government jobs before clearing the 2016 SSC test and rendered jobless, following a recent Supreme Court order. The department has set the last date of the process on Monday (June 23).
The apex court invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff on April 3 but observed who had served in state government departments in earlier jobs before opting for the 2016 recruitment test and were not classified as ‘tainted’ can make fresh applications for being re-appointed in their earlier workplace and in the same earlier position.
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Reportedly, the School Education department on June 20 issued a communique to all district inspectors of schools for verification and authentication of applications by those candidates.
The School Education department has thousands of such applications and has prepared a database for each zone.
“Now the database of every respective zone (district) has been forwarded to the DI office concerned and we have asked for verifying every name, whether he/she cleared the 2016 test, whether he/she figured in the untainted list, and were on service till April 2”, the official said.
The DIs have to give their feedback in three days time by June 23.
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The notice said that the candidates who do not fall in the category of tainted have been given the opportunity to apply to their previous departments or autonomous bodies to continue their previous services.
Reportedly, candidates have prayed to several authorities for joining in their previous government jobs and submitted representatives to the directorate praying for joining in their previous service. In order to streamline the work, it is decided to forward all the representative, to the respective DISSE.
