The Patna high court on Tuesday refused further general amnesty to those who have failed to resign so far, a government lawyer said, adding that the state education department has informed the court that 3,000 schoolteachers have resigned as of now.
According to officials, the teachers resigned following the High Court’s directive to the state government early this month to ask teachers, who allegedly used fake degree certificates to get jobs, to resign or face action. The court had made it clear that schoolteachers, continuing with their jobs with fake degrees even after the deadline to resign, would be liable to punishment and recovery of the salary paid to them.
Last month, the High Court had directed the director of the Bihar vigilance department to probe the recruitment of nearly 40,000 government teachers, who allegedly used fake degrees to get jobs.
The court ordered the probe on the petition of Ranjit <g data-gr-id="19">Pandit,</g> and asked for an investigation report within four weeks.
Pandit's lawyer Dinu Kumar said the court asked the director of state vigilance to complete the verification of degrees and certificates of teachers recruited by the state government from 2006 till date.
“The court’s order was important as in view of the next Bihar assembly polls later this year, the state government was not taking action against the teachers, who used fake degrees to get jobs,” he said.