WBSSC Recruitment Issue: Challenges Arise in Removing 'Tainted' Names from Salary Portal
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Synopsis
As the initiative to eliminate 'tainted' names from the West Bengal salary portal for educational staff unfolds, district inspectors face challenges in locating current postings of teaching staff, amidst ongoing unrest and legal action.
Key Takeaways
- Initial challenges in removing 'tainted' names.
- Teachers have engaged in mutual transfers.
- 25,753 names remain on the payroll despite terminations.
- Legal actions filed against the West Bengal government.
- Protests by genuine candidates for transparency.
Kolkata, April 26 (NationPress) As efforts commence to eliminate 'tainted' names from the salary portal for both teaching and non-teaching personnel in state-operated schools throughout West Bengal, district inspectors of schools are facing initial challenges, particularly in tracking the current assignments of various teaching staff.
Sources within the state education department have reported that several secondary and higher secondary teachers have engaged in mutual transfers to different institutions, including junior high schools. However, the records of these transfers have not been updated, complicating the task for district inspectors to locate these individuals.
In spite of these challenges, a senior official from the state education department stated that personnel at the district inspectors’ offices are diligently working to identify such candidates.
Correspondences are being dispatched across districts to confirm whether any of the involved individuals have transitioned to other schools or junior high schools.
Importantly, even after the salary portal was refreshed on April 10, it continued to list the names of 25,753 employees whose appointments were revoked following a Supreme Court division bench ruling on April 3.
This scenario has led to significant unrest. A contempt-of-court petition has been lodged at the Calcutta High Court, accusing the West Bengal government and the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) of breaching the Supreme Court’s directive by keeping 'tainted' candidates on the payroll.
In the meantime, 'genuine' candidates have initiated protests, demanding the swift release of separate lists for 'genuine' and 'tainted' candidates and the immediate removal of those whose appointments were obtained through corrupt practices.
Earlier this month, a Supreme Court division bench, including Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, upheld a Calcutta High Court ruling that annulled the entire 2016 WBSSC recruitment panel of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching positions.
The apex court concurred with the High Court’s assertion that the panel needed to be entirely dismantled due to the inability of the state government and WBSSC to differentiate 'genuine' candidates from those who allegedly paid bribes to obtain their jobs.
