West Bengal SSC Scam: Calcutta High Court Bars Mamata Banerjee Govt from Providing Aid to Non-Teaching Job Aspirants
The Calcutta High Court has barred the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government from granting financial assistance to non-teaching job aspirants linked to the SSC recruitment scam, intensifying the ongoing controversy around the alleged irregularities in school service appointments.
Sources
The Hindu
The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam revolves around alleged irregularities in the appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff in government-aided schools. The controversy began when candidates accused officials and intermediaries of manipulating merit lists and selling jobs for money.
Telegraph India
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the protesting teachers and non-teaching staff to fight legally, instead of hitting the streets and not reposing faith in the state government.
The Week
Close to 26,000 teaching and non-teaching staff lost their jobs after the Supreme Court held the entire selection process in 2016 tainted and the top court cancelled the whole selection panel. The top court had, however, granted interim relief to the “untainted” or qualified teachers who lost their jobs. The court allowed these teachers to continue working until December 31, the deadline by which the state must complete a new round of recruitment.