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School appointment row: HC asks Anubrata Mondal’s daughter, 5 others to look earlier than it

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By PTI

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Sukanya Mondal, daughter of arrested TMC chief Anubrata Mondal, to look earlier than it on Thursday in reference to an allegation that she and 5 others have been appointed in major colleges with out having cleared Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET).

The petitioner has alleged that some individuals intently associated to Anubrata Mondal, who can also be the chairman of West Bengal Rural Development Authority, have been given jobs as academics, together with Sukanya, who by no means visited Kalikapur Primary School in Birbhum, the place she was employed.

In the affidavit, the petitioner claimed that the college attendance register was despatched to Sukanya’s residence for her signature.

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed six individuals named within the affidavit to look personally on Thursday earlier than the courtroom with their TET certificates and their appointment letter.

“If anybody fails to appear, as has been directed above, the court will not hesitate to take harsh steps against them,” he directed.

Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier ordered CBI investigation in various circumstances of alleged irregularities in appointment of instructing and non-teaching workers in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided colleges within the state.

Mondal was arrested by the CBI final week in a cattle smuggling case.

KOLKATA: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Sukanya Mondal, daughter of arrested TMC chief Anubrata Mondal, to look earlier than it on Thursday in reference to an allegation that she and 5 others have been appointed in major colleges with out having cleared Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET).

The petitioner has alleged that some individuals intently associated to Anubrata Mondal, who can also be the chairman of West Bengal Rural Development Authority, have been given jobs as academics, together with Sukanya, who by no means visited Kalikapur Primary School in Birbhum, the place she was employed.

In the affidavit, the petitioner claimed that the college attendance register was despatched to Sukanya’s residence for her signature.

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed six individuals named within the affidavit to look personally on Thursday earlier than the courtroom with their TET certificates and their appointment letter.

“If anybody fails to appear, as has been directed above, the court will not hesitate to take harsh steps against them,” he directed.

Justice Gangopadhyay had earlier ordered CBI investigation in various circumstances of alleged irregularities in appointment of instructing and non-teaching workers in West Bengal government-sponsored and -aided colleges within the state.

Mondal was arrested by the CBI final week in a cattle smuggling case.