Several Division Benches of the Calcutta High Court on Monday recused themselves from hearing a petition related to the alleged scam in recruitment by the School Service Commission (SSC) in West Bengal. Earlier in the day a Division Bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Rabindranath Samanta recused itself from hearing a batch of petitions relating to alleged irregularities in SSC recruitment of Group D staff in State-run schools.
The development comes after a single Judge Bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay had raised objections about the orders of a Division Bench, which had stayed his direction for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged recruitment scam. Last week Justice Gangopadhyay had written to the Chief Justice of India and Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court expressing disapproval that his orders for a CBI probe were stayed.
In another order relating to the case, Justice Gangopadhyay on Monday expressed strong objections after four committee members of the five-member committee, constituted by the School Education Department of Government in connection with the alleged scam, did not appear before the CBI. The chairperson of the Committee had appeared before agency on instructions of the Court last week.
