Kolkata, April 25 || Amid continuing protests by both “genuine” and “tainted” losers of teaching and non-teaching jobs in state-run schools in West Bengal following a Supreme Court order earlier this month, a new angle of irregularity has surfaced.
The irregularity concerns a section of the “tainted” candidates already identified by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). These candidates were shown as “non-joined” as per the records of the school education department, which means that these teaching and non-teaching staff have not joined duty despite getting appointments.
The question has now surfaced -- if such candidates were marked as “non-joined” as per records of the state education department, how could they draw salaries for so many years?
Sources from the state education department said there might have been a technical lapse in updating the records of such candidates after they actually joined duties at their respective workplaces. “WBSSC is trying to sort out the matter with the state education department on this count,” the official said.
The number of such candidates has not been revealed by the board so far, but sources said that this has rattled all in the department.