Imphal, May 23: In addition to the earlier decision of the State Government to cancel all the adhoc appointment of graduate teachers, both Arts and Science to pave the way for the induction of 663 regular teachers who were selected after a written test held recently, the State Government has also decided to cancel the regularisation order of 170 teachers who were at first appointed on adhoc basis and whose services were later regularised.

The adhoc teachers whose regularisation orders stand to be cancelled include 120 in the Arts stream and 50 in the Science stream.

An order to this effect was issued by the Joint Secretary of Education (S) on May 18.Disclosing this to The Sangai Express, a reliable source said that the case of the adhoc teachers date back to June 1991.The source said that in June 1991, the Director of Education (S) requisitioned candidates from the Employment Exchange for filling up vacant posts of 131 Arts graduate teachers and 35 Science graduate teachers.

Following this, a written test was held on May 5, 1994 and after the viva voce 275 Arts graduate teachers and 95 Science graduate teachers were declared successful in 1996, said the source.

However since the number of candidates pronounced as successful was more than the previously requisitioned number plus admissible 10 pc of the notified vacancies, the State Government cancelled the names of the recommended candidates in excess of the legally permissible limit.

Taking strong exception against the order of the Government, the candidates challenged the order of the Government but the Gauhati High Court dismissed the petition as null and void, said the source.

However the Court maintained that the State Government may appoint the cancelled candidates on adhoc basis for a period of two years during which time the vacant posts should be filled up by regularised teachers and accordingly they were appointed on October 10, 1997 and October 3, 1997.Consequently the State Government regularised the appointment of 170 adhoc teachers, including 120 Arts teachers and 50 Science teachers on April 6, 2000, informed the source.

This however did not go down well with a section of the educated unemployed youths who challenged the regularisation order.

The Gauhati High Court in its interim order passed on July 6, 2000 stayed the regularisation order, said the source.

Thereafter the State Government issued an order on September 27, 2000 ruling that the 170 teachers are employed on adhoc-basis as they were before the impugned order of regularisation was issued until further orders or till the pending cases are disposed off by the High Court, said the source.

After all these series of litigations, the State Government finally decided on September 24, 2005 that the posts held by directly recruited adhoc teachers should be replaced by regular employees through a DPC to end the malaise of adhocism.

Consequent upon the filling up of 663 posts of graduate teachers, the Govt issued an order to the effect that all adhoc teachers should cease to be in service.

The order cancelling the service of the 170 adhoc teachers who were regularised also followed suit on May 18.

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