Protesting teachers dejected after the Supreme Court rejected multiple review petitions to reconsider its April 3 judgement which upheld the annulment of the appointment of nearly 24,000 school staff, including teachers and non-teaching staff. Disappointed teachers said that both the West Bengal State government and the judicial system have ‘failed’ them.
In an order on August 5 made public on August 19, the apex court said, “No doubt, invalidation of such untainted appointments would lead to heartburn and anguish, which the Court was fully conscious of, but protecting the purity of the selection process is paramount and necessarily has to be given the highest priority.”
