Kolkata: School job aspirants protest over delayed appointments in West Bengal – Newz9

Kolkata: Hundreds of college job aspirants staged a protest on Friday outdoors ‘Bikash Bhavan,’ the headquarters of the West Bengal training divisionThey demanded swift appointments, citing delays attributable to authorized hurdles regardless of clearing the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST). Out of over 23 lakh candidates vying for 25,000+ posts, 25,753 acquired appointment letters, which had been invalidated by the Calcutta High Court in April 2022.
The Supreme Court later stayed the order and mentioned it could hear the matter.
“Most of the 25,753 candidates had qualified in the SLST 2016 exams. However, they are faced with an uncertain future due to legal issues. Days and months have passed. How long will we wait? We want the uncertainty to end and join work, ” Ujjwal Samanta, one of many protesters advised reporters.
A small fraction of the 25,000-odd candidates had been accused of taking unfair means in the examination, however all have been dealing with an unsure future, mentioned one other candidate Meenakshi Dhara.
The protesters, who marched in direction of Bikash Bhavan from Karunamoyee crossing in Salt Lake, had been stopped by the police earlier than the constructing. Six of their representatives had been allowed to go inside to satisfy senior college training division officers.
One of the protesters additionally tonsured his head in public.
A senior college training division official mentioned the case will come up once more earlier than the Supreme Court this month.
“We cannot act as the matter is sub-judice, we will go by the advice and directive of the judiciary,” the official mentioned.
Another group of candidates held protests in Esplanade space in the guts of Kolkata, affecting vehicular visitors for a while.