CBI will not investigate the matter of recruitment of Group D staff in the school. A division bench of the Calcutta High Court set aside the order of the single bench. However, a three-member Special Investigation Team, headed by a retired High Court judge, has been constituted to probe the matter.
A single bench of the Calcutta High Court had earlier directed a CBI probe into the Group D recruitment case. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay said it was clear from the affidavits of the Board and the Commission that there was ambiguity in the recruitment process. Since both the agencies belong to the state, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will investigate it initially. Against that decision, the state government went to the bench. Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samant had initially stayed the CBI probe for three weeks.
A bench of Justice Tandon and Justice Samantha heard the matter on Monday, citing corruption. However, in rare cases a CBI inquiry was ordered. Where the positive role of the state administration is not visible. However, a three-member special investigation team headed by retired Calcutta High Court judge Ranjit Kumar Bagh has been constituted to probe the corruption in the recruitment process. That group includes representatives from the School Service Commission, the Board of Secondary Education and the High Court. The Division Bench of the High Court has directed to submit the report to the Division Bench within two months. Along with this, the commission has been directed to submit all the recommendation letters by tomorrow.
Significantly, there have been many allegations of irregularities in the recommendation made by the state government for the recruitment of class IV employees in 2016. The commission formed the panel after the examination and interview. Reportedly, the panel was terminated in 2019 but was appointed illegally. Initially, there were allegations that 25 people were recruited illegally. Later again 542 people were accused.
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