Teacher recruitment rip-off: HC extends keep on order summoning Bengal minister to look earlier than CBI

By PTI

KOLKATA: In a brief reduction to senior West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court Wednesday prolonged a keep for 4 weeks on an earlier order that directed him to look earlier than the CBI in reference to a petition alleging irregularities in appointment of assistant lecturers in state government-aided faculties.

The division bench comprising Justices Subrata Talukder and A Ok Mukherjee additionally refused to simply accept the resignation of Justice (retired) R Ok Bag from the chairmanship of a committee appointed earlier by one other division bench of the court docket to inquire into the allegations, and requested it to finish investigation in Group C-post appointments.

The panel has already submitted its report on the probe into Group-D appointments.

The bench directed that the keep granted by it on an order of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay that requested Partha Chatterjee to look earlier than the CBI by Tuesday night will proceed for 4 weeks from Wednesday.

The bench additionally directed the Bag Committee to submit its report by May 13, when the matter will come up for listening to once more.

Chatterjee was the state schooling minister when the alleged appointments had been made.