The state government is studying how to go about reinstating teachers who were dubbed as tainted through the so-called White Ink scam.
Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today said that the government is considering whether to approach the Supreme Court or Meghalaya High Court to enable it to review the reinstatement of teachers who were removed from service after being termed as tainted.
Sangma said that the government cannot take a decision on its own but is in touch with the teachers.
“We are trying to work out on how we can move forward and I have asked the Chief Secretary to examine the options,” the CM said.
This move comes in the backdrop of the recent acquittal of former cabinet minister Ampareen Lyngdoh and two former Education Department officials, Jeffrey D Sangma and Ameka Lyngdoh, in the supposed education scam of 2009, where favoured candidates for teaching posts were alleged to have received higher marks in the written tests. Though the former minister and high-placed officials were acquitted, the court ruling did nothing for the teachers who were affected by the controversy.
He noted that in earlier court-mandated reviews, about 140 teachers were reinstated in the first phase, while another four to five were reinstated later after being found not directly involved.
