Teachers hold protest in Kolkata over loss of jobs due to Supreme Court judgment The Supreme Court has invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in West Bengal government-run and aided schools and termed the entire selection process 'vitiated and tainted.
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Kolkata: A section of teachers and other non-teaching staff who lost their jobs following a Supreme Court judgment which held that the whole appointment process was tainted, participated in a protest outside the district inspector (schools) office in south Kolkata on Wednesday.
The protesters alleged that police personnel resorted to baton charge to disperse them.
A police officer said that they were looking into the matter.
The Supreme Court has invalidated the appointment of 25,753 teachers and other staff in West Bengal government-run and aided schools and termed the entire selection process "vitiated and tainted".