By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the alleged anomalies in the appointment of assistant teachers in government lower primary schools in Meghalaya, on Tuesday recorded statement of ten candidates.
The CBI is now expected to call the candidates of Jowai whose mark-sheets were also allegedly manipulated.
It may be mentioned that the Shillong Bench of Gauhati High Court, had earlier directed the CBI to inquire into the alleged anomalies in the appointment of assistant teachers.
The High Court issued this directive while adjudicating on a case of nine writ petitions filed by aggrieved applicants from various pockets of the state after information obtained through the RTI Act, 2005 brought to light various discrepancies and manipulation in the appointment of assistant teachers in 2009-2010.
The State Government earlier had asserted that it would challenge the court’s directive for a CBI inquiry, but no further action on the part of the Government has been reported since then.