Calcutta HC junks order to scrap 32,000 teacher jobs

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday overturned a single-bench order that had terminated the appointments of 32,000 primary teachers in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam case. The teachers were recruited through the 2014 Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education.

The Calcutta High Court stated that not all appointments were proven to be irregular and recognised the significant adverse impact that terminating employment after nine years would have on the teachers and their families.

The bench, presided by Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty, said it is not inclined to uphold the single bench order as irregularities have not been proven in all the recruitments.