Chandigarh, January 22
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Ludhiana Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to see if “shops selling education to gullible students are functioning in the area”.
Justice Rajesh Bindal has also sought a report from the SSP on the functioning of the Ludhiana-based Astha Education and the institutes, boards and universities through which it was imparting education to students in the area.
“The report should suggest whether or not these institutes are recognised and the modus operandi adopted by it. It should be found out if there are other such shops in the city,” Justice Bindal said.
The directions came on a petition filed by Tejinder Singh against the State of Punjab and other respondents. Appointed as ETT teacher under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, he had challenged an order dated July 5, 2011, whereby his services were terminated.
Going into the background, his counsel had claimed that the petitioner passed the ETT examination from the Bihar Pradesh Shiksha Parishad, Sri Palpur, Patna, before applying for the post. He joined duty in January 2009. While in service, he was told the ETT certificate produced by him had been found to be forged.
The respondents, on the other hand, contented that “no institute in the name of the Bihar Pradesh Shiksha Parishad, from where the petitioner claims to have passed his ETT examination, existed.
A team of officers also found that the Bihar Pradesh Shiksha Parishad did not exist after it went to Patna on the directions of the High Court to verify the genuineness of the certificates once again.
Taking up the matter, Justice Bindal observed: “It is mentioned in the report that local residents of Palpur village informed the members of the committee that long ago a person, the late Satish Chander Mishra, was running his business through a 'suitcase-type shop' and sold fake certificates. The police was after him….
“From the report of the committee, which visited the place from where the petitioner had passed his ETT examination, it was found that the institute did not exist. Hence, there is no illegality in the findings recorded that the certificate produced by the petitioner was forged. Therefore, there is nothing wrong in terminating the services of the petitioner by the competent authority…
“To ensure that no other innocent person is cheated by such shops and considering the claim of the petitioner that he got education and the certificate through Astha Education, Ludhiana, Punjab Additional Advocate General Inder Pal Goyat is requested to get a report from the Ludhiana SSP," the Judge said.
Court observation
Considering the claim of the petitioner that he got education and a certificate through Astha Education, Ludhiana, Punjab Additional Advocate General Inder Pal Goyat is requested to get a report from the Ludhiana SSP
Justice Rajesh Bindal, HC Judge
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked Ludhiana Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to see if “shops selling education to gullible students are functioning in the area”.
Justice Rajesh Bindal has also sought a report from the SSP on the functioning of the Ludhiana-based Astha Education and the institutes, boards and universities through which it was imparting education to students in the area.
“The report should suggest whether or not these institutes are recognised and the modus operandi adopted by it. It should be found out if there are other such shops in the city,” Justice Bindal said.
The directions came on a petition filed by Tejinder Singh against the State of Punjab and other respondents. Appointed as ETT teacher under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, he had challenged an order dated July 5, 2011, whereby his services were terminated.
Going into the background, his counsel had claimed that the petitioner passed the ETT examination from the Bihar Pradesh Shiksha Parishad, Sri Palpur, Patna, before applying for the post. He joined duty in January 2009. While in service, he was told the ETT certificate produced by him had been found to be forged.
The respondents, on the other hand, contented that “no institute in the name of the Bihar Pradesh Shiksha Parishad, from where the petitioner claims to have passed his ETT examination, existed.
A team of officers also found that the Bihar Pradesh Shiksha Parishad did not exist after it went to Patna on the directions of the High Court to verify the genuineness of the certificates once again.
Taking up the matter, Justice Bindal observed: “It is mentioned in the report that local residents of Palpur village informed the members of the committee that long ago a person, the late Satish Chander Mishra, was running his business through a 'suitcase-type shop' and sold fake certificates. The police was after him….
“From the report of the committee, which visited the place from where the petitioner had passed his ETT examination, it was found that the institute did not exist. Hence, there is no illegality in the findings recorded that the certificate produced by the petitioner was forged. Therefore, there is nothing wrong in terminating the services of the petitioner by the competent authority…
“To ensure that no other innocent person is cheated by such shops and considering the claim of the petitioner that he got education and the certificate through Astha Education, Ludhiana, Punjab Additional Advocate General Inder Pal Goyat is requested to get a report from the Ludhiana SSP," the Judge said.
Court observation
Considering the claim of the petitioner that he got education and a certificate through Astha Education, Ludhiana, Punjab Additional Advocate General Inder Pal Goyat is requested to get a report from the Ludhiana SSP
Justice Rajesh Bindal, HC Judge
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