HC quashes selection of 12K UP teachers

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday quashed the selection of over 12,000 teachers by the Uttar Pradesh government through an exam advertised in 2016 and directed the CBI to investigate another recruitment exercise begun earlier this year to fill 68,500 posts.

While the 12,460 assistant teachers were selected during the term of the Akhilesh Yadav government, the second order asking the CBI to step in is a major embarrassment for the Yogi Adityanath government.

Allegations of corruption have already stalled the filling of 68,500 posts in primary schools through the Assistant Teachers Recruitment Examination, 2018.

The exercise, which began with an advertisement on January 23, 2018, was meant to be the first major recruitment by the state's basic education department after the new Bharatiya Janata Party took over. The Lucknow bench of the court directed the

Central Bureau of Investigation to complete the probe

within six months and submit a progress report to it on November 26.