The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday directed the Haryana government
to pass orders for the removal of all those guest faculty teachers
within three weeks, who have allegedly been illegally appointed.
Recommending disciplinary action against the errant officers, the court
also directed the director (Secondary Education) to take to logical
conclusion, disciplinary action against all those head masters and
district education officers (DEOs) responsible for such illegal
appointments.
The directions were passed during the resumed hearing of a PIL filed by
one Bijender Kumar who had sought the removal of 719 such guest
faculties — as per a list sent by director (Secondary Education) to
DEOs.
Director (Secondary Education) A Sreenivas filed an affidavit in this
regard in the court stating that he had set up three committees to give
personal hearing to guest faculties, who have submitted reports
pertaining to 719 such teachers. He will now pass orders on the basis of
recommendations made by these committees, he added. A division bench
comprising acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice R K Jain
directed the officer to pass final orders within three weeks.
In his affidavit, Sreenivas has also stated that though orders for removal of one lecturer, 63 masters and 5 JBT teachers
were issued, they were allowed to continue in service up to March 31.
Taking a very serious view of the matter, the court directed that salary
paid to such teachers be recovered from the officers who had sanctioned
such salaries. The PIL will now come up for resumed hearing on
September 10