Supreme Court: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear petitions on September 24 against a Calcutta High Court order quashing the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff in government and aided schools in West Bengal. The West Bengal government and others have challenged the High Court order.
The hearing will be held on September 24.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra said they were unable to hear the petitions listed on Tuesday due to hearing of other matters. The Chief Justice said, “We will post it by September 24. for. Earlier, the top court had said it would hear the petitions on September 10. It had given time till August 16 to the parties to file their responses to the petitions. The Supreme Court is hearing 33 petitions against the April 22 High Court decision. The West Bengal government has also filed a petition.
Both the single and division benches of the Calcutta High Court declared the selection process for the State Level Selection Test-2016 (SLST) in government-aided schools in West Bengal invalid and ordered cancellation of all appointments made through it. Due to this direction, 25,753 teachers and education workers had to lose their jobs.
The High Court had directed that the money be returned to the government with 12 per cent interest.
The Supreme Court had also said that those who got jobs after the expiry of the 2016 appointment panel will have to return the money to the government with 12 per cent interest. Though the Supreme Court has imposed an interim stay on the High Court’s decision, the hearing of the case is still going on. The hearing of the case was scheduled for Tuesday but for now it will be held on September 24.
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