HC stops Assam govt from appointing primary teachers

Guwahati, Mar 6 The Gauhati High Court today restrained the Assam government from appointing primary school teachers till regularisation of the Operation Black Board (OBB) teachers without leave of the court.

A division bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma directed the government not to appoint upper primary and lower primary school teachers till regularisation of the OBB teachers without leave of the court.

The court after hearing a writ petition against the recent decision of the government to appoint teachers restrained such appointments and fixed the case for further hearing after four weeks.

The state Chief Secretary Prafulla Sarma was personally present along with the Secretary, Education department during the hearing as ordered by the court.