Kolkata: High Court orders CBI investigation for TET answer sheet destruction case

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the destruction of OMR answer sheets of candidates for the Teacher Eligibility Test in 2014.

|Sep 27, 2022, 18:33:58 IST

The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) candidates' OMR answer sheets were purportedly destroyed, according to a Wednesday order from the Calcutta High Court. In response to a petition filed by some applicants who took the TET in 2014, the court also ordered Manik Bhattacharya, the former president of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, to appear before the CBI by 8 pm in relation to the allegations of irregularities in the hiring of teachers.

Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed that in case Bhattacharya fails to appear before the CBI by the given time, the agency can take him in custody for interrogation. Justice Gangopadhyay directed the CBI to investigate the alleged irregularities in the destruction of OMR answer sheets of candidates for recruitment of primary teachers on the allegation that the primary education board had got these destroyed without following the statutory process.

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