Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:19am on 17 Apr 2025,Thursday India
The Supreme Court has allowed West Bengal to retain "untainted" assistant teachers for classes 9–12, offering partial relief following the annulment of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching appointments over the 2016 school jobs-for-cash scam. While upholding the Calcutta High Court’s earlier decision, the apex court mandated the state to advertise fresh recruitment by May 31 and complete the process by December 31. The ruling excludes Group C and D staff due to widespread irregularities. The scam involved OMR sheet tampering and excess appointments, prompting a CBI probe and nationwide attention on corruption in educational recruitment. (PC: India Today)
