Haryana to terminate services of 816 art & craft teachers

Chandigarh, February 9

Nearly 11 years after their recruitment by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government, 816 art and craft teachers of the Haryana Education Department are set to lose their jobs in the wake of a Supreme Court verdict.

The state government has asked the District Elementary Education Officers (DEEOs) to terminate their services. The recruitments were made in 2010 on the basis of an advertisement issued in June 2006.

Sachin Garg of Yamunanagar later moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging irregularities in the selection process. The HC set aside the selections in 2015. A Double Bench of the HC finally quashed the selections on November 10, 2020. Those affected filed a special leave petition (SLP) against the verdict in the SC. The plea was dismissed on December 14, 2020. Haryana Vidyalaya Adhyapak Sangh president CN Bharati alleged the state did not plead the case properly. — TNS