SHILLONG, Nov 17: The High Court of Meghalaya on Thursday dismissed a writ appeal filed by assistant teachers of government lower primary schools affected by the infamous education scam.
A writ appeal was filed after the single Bench of the High Court had dismissed a plea by 66 teachers who sought to be reinstated as assistant teachers in the LP schools in the state and also to be considered “not tainted”.
Senior Advocate and former Union Cabinet Minister Salman Khurshid, who had represented the teachers, said, “We were not very successful today…the court felt the issue of whether the marks were given properly or not by the High Powered Committee is not appealable and therefore if there are two views they have to rest with the view of the high-powered committee”.
He further said on the issue of age, the court came to the conclusion that the age benefit mentioned in the notification comes with certain conditions and therefore the date cutoff is part of the benefit. This is something I could not pursue and this, I believe, is a matter that can be enquired into,” he added.
He further said that once the judgement comes they will study it and see if there is any possibility for further appeal.
