Calcutta High Court will take strict action on irregularities in the recruitment of food inspectors

Kolkata (IANS) | The Calcutta High Court on Saturday warned the Food and Supplies Department of West Bengal of strict action if irregularities were found in the recruitment of food inspectors. A division bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Prasenjit Biswas, while hearing a petition filed in this matter, said that the court will not tolerate any irregularities in the recruitment of food inspectors.

The bench went to the extent of saying that if there was any malpractice in the recruitment process, the court would quash all the faulty appointments.

The next hearing in the matter has been fixed for June 5.

The written examination was conducted in 2018 to fill the vacant posts of Food Inspectors in the State Food and Supplies Department. In 2021, 100 selected candidates were given appointments.

After the recruitments were made, some candidates who appeared for the examination approached the High Court with a petition alleging lack of transparency in the recruitment process.

He alleged that several rules were violated in the recruitment process. Initially only 30 people were made parties in the case. On Saturday, the state government’s counsel requested the bench to implead all those involved in the case as parties in the case.

Accepting the proposal, the bench directed the state government to complete the process before the next date of hearing.

–IANS