Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Bengal Recruitment Scam: Can TMC Duck Graft Charge? | TMC Vs BJP | News18

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Bengal Recruitment Scam: Can TMC Duck Graft Charge? | TMC Vs BJP | News18In a significant blow to the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Monday cancelled all appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff made through the 2016 state-level test in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided secondary and higher secondary schools.Following the court’s order, 25,753 jobs were cancelled. The division bench led by Justice Debangsu Basak and comprising Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi also directed that the board must conduct a fresh recruitment process.The court further noted that the answer sheets of Group C, Group D, Class IX and X were manipulated in 2016 and thereby cancelled the names of those who were recruited by the panel. “We have no other way but to cancel the whole recruitment panel,” Justice Basak said.Additionally, the court mandated that individuals who were appointed must repay their salary within four weeks.