New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the Calcutta High Court order invalidating the appointments of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff in government and government-aided schools made by the state School Service Commission (SSC). was given.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra, however, allowed the CBI to continue its investigation into the state cabinet members as well.
However, the top court asked the CBI not to take any hasty action like arresting any suspect during the investigation.
Earlier in the day, it termed the alleged scam as a "systemic fraud" and said state officials were obliged to maintain digital records related to the appointment of teachers and non-teaching staff.
The top court was hearing petitions challenging the April 22 verdict of the Calcutta High Court, which had invalidated the appointments of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff."Public jobs are very rare... If public trust is lost then nothing will be left. This is systemic fraud. Public jobs today are extremely rare and are seen for social mobility. If their appointments are also discredited So what's left in the system?" People's trust will be lost, how do you believe this?" the CJI asked the lawyers representing the state government.
The bench said that the state government had nothing to show that the relevant data was maintained by the authorities and asked about its availability."Either you have the data or you don't... You were duty bound to maintain the documents in digital form. Now, it is clear that there is no data. You are unaware of the fact that your service provider is a The other agency appointed will have to maintain supervisory control,” the bench told the state government's lawyers.
The state government had challenged the Calcutta High Court order, saying I had "arbitrarily" canceled the appointments.
A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra, however, allowed the CBI to continue its investigation into the state cabinet members as well.
However, the top court asked the CBI not to take any hasty action like arresting any suspect during the investigation.
Earlier in the day, it termed the alleged scam as a "systemic fraud" and said state officials were obliged to maintain digital records related to the appointment of teachers and non-teaching staff.
The top court was hearing petitions challenging the April 22 verdict of the Calcutta High Court, which had invalidated the appointments of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff."Public jobs are very rare... If public trust is lost then nothing will be left. This is systemic fraud. Public jobs today are extremely rare and are seen for social mobility. If their appointments are also discredited So what's left in the system?" People's trust will be lost, how do you believe this?" the CJI asked the lawyers representing the state government.
The bench said that the state government had nothing to show that the relevant data was maintained by the authorities and asked about its availability."Either you have the data or you don't... You were duty bound to maintain the documents in digital form. Now, it is clear that there is no data. You are unaware of the fact that your service provider is a The other agency appointed will have to maintain supervisory control,” the bench told the state government's lawyers.
The state government had challenged the Calcutta High Court order, saying I had "arbitrarily" canceled the appointments.
