School Education Department cancels appointment letters of 4161 master cadre teachers
Chandigarh: On the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Punjab School Education Department cancelled the appointment letters issued in January for 4161 posts of master cadre. Along with this, now the revised merit list will be prepared and the appointment letter will be issued soon. Information about this was given by the Director of the Education Department. Officials said that new appointment letters will be uploaded on the website of the department.
Following the high court’s strictness, the education department has cancelled the appointment letters issued on six dates for 4661 posts. These dates include appointment letters issued on January 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 16, 2023.
The department started this teacher recruitment process a year ago. The recruitment advertisement was released on 8 January 2022. This was followed by a written examination. Then there were other formalities ranging from sorting of documents.
The department received the merit list on December 16, 2022. After this, appointment letters were issued to the selected candidates.
After this, some people took refuge in the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Officials argued that the rules were not followed. After this, the department issued orders in this regard.