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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Shiv Sahay Singh

HC order on school jobs termination emerges a key poll issue in West Bengal

The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to hear the special leave petition of the West Bengal government challenging the Calcutta High Court order on termination of jobs of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff in State government-sponsored and aided schools.

These appointments were made through the State Level Selection Test 2016 and the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on April 22 declared the selection process “null and void.”

The corruption in the school jobs has been rocking the politics of the State since July 2022, when former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after more than ₹50 crore was recovered from the residence of his close aide.

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