Crackdown on Fraudulent Teacher Appointments in Uttar Pradesh

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to scrutinize state-wide assistant teacher appointments due to concerns over forged certificates. The court demands cancellation of illegal appointments and recovering salaries from fraudsters, while penalizing officials involved. The case stemmed from Garima Singh whose appointment was annulled for document forgery.

The Allahabad High Court has taken decisive action over a concerning trend of appointments secured via forged certificates for assistant teacher positions across Uttar Pradesh.

The court instructed the state government to conduct a comprehensive examination of all such appointments, directing the principal secretary of basic education to finish this task within six months. It emphasized canceling illegal appointments, retrieving salaries from fraudulent appointees, and taking stringent actions against any officials involved.

This comes after Garima Singh's petition challenging her appointment's annulment, obtained through forged documents. The court's ruling underlines the risk fraudulent activities pose to the education system's integrity and student interest.

(With inputs from agencies.)