Overview
- The court mandated the Principal Secretary, Basic Education, to lead a comprehensive verification of assistant teacher appointments across Uttar Pradesh, preferably within six months.
- Appointments found to be secured using forged or fabricated documents must be cancelled and salaries already paid are to be recovered from those individuals.
- The bench ordered disciplinary and penal action against officials who colluded with or ignored fraudulent hiring, noting collusion with management and tacit approval by some Basic Shiksha Adhikaris.
- The ruling followed the dismissal of Garima Singh’s petition after the Deoria Basic Shiksha Adhikari cancelled her job based on findings that her educational and domicile certificates were fake, including verification by a Special Task Force.
- State counsel argued that jobs obtained through fraud are not protected under the Uttar Pradesh Government Servant (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999, a position reflected in the court’s directions.