WBTET: Calcutta HC reserves judgment on WB govt appeal challenging single bench order
West Bengal government, Primary School Education Board and others moved the appeals against bench order instituting the CBI probe.
Press Trust of India | July 19, 2022 | 04:24 PM IST
KOLKATA: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reserved judgement on appeals filed by the West Bengal government and others challenging orders of a single bench that directed CBI investigation into allegations of irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in state-sponsored and -aided primary schools.
The government, the Primary School Education Board and others moved the appeals against Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s order instituting a CBI probe into the appointments of 269 candidates, who got the benefit of adding one mark, and termination of their service as primary teachers.
Also read | Uttar Pradesh: Astronomy labs transform 105 Bulandshahr schools, foster ‘community learning’
A division bench comprising justices Subrata Talukdar and Lapita Banerji reserved judgement in the appeals following the conclusion of arguments by the appellants and the petitioner. During pleadings, West Bengal Primary School Education Board admitted before the division bench that discrimination was made as all of the more than 20 lakh candidates who appeared for a Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) in 2014 were not granted an additional mark for a wrong question, while also asserting that there was no criminality involved in it.
The petitioner, an aggrieved candidate, submitted that a proper investigation is required for revealing the reasons and criteria for granting the additional mark.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Next Story
]Featured News
]- Interest in MDI Gurgaon’s EMBA growing, attracts learners from across professions
- NTA Overhaul: 1,000 secure exam centres, biometrics to prevent fraud, question paper changes, suggests panel
- What changes in NEET UG? Experts’ panel suggests multi-stage exam, security overhaul, simpler process to NTA
- Use KVs, JNVs as NEET, JEE Main exam centres: High Level Committee on NTA
- Maharashtra cluster universities may now comprise only self-financed colleges; government tables Bill
- National Testing Agency exam count dropped by over 50% in 2024; lowest in 5 years
- NIOS Exams: Over 35,000 cheating cases reported since 2022, education ministry tells Lok Sabha
- South Asian University plans more online degrees, course, to start arts, management faculties
- ‘Take action’ on 22,298 unrecognised schools in UDISE Plus by March: Education ministry to states
- Study Abroad: Italy’s new student visa rules may cause delays for Indian student