Shillong, Nov 1: Just four months ahead of the Meghalaya assembly election, seven ministers and five legislators have been named by the CBI for bending the rules and recommending the selection of their candidates as assistant teachers in the government lower primary school two years ago.
The CBI report submitted to the Shillong Bench of the Guahati high court- copies of which are somehow got into the hands of reporters- have named Assembly speaker Charles Pyngrope, deputy speaker Sanbor Shullai, ministers Ampareen Lyngdoh, JA Lyngdoh, AL Hek, Prestone Tyngsong, RC Laloo and five legislators- Sniawbhalang Dhar, RV Lyngdoh, Remington Pyngrope, Limison Sangma and Donkupar Massar of nepotism as they had recommended their candidates for appointment to the post of the assistant teachers.
The report said that of the 350 names selected for the post of the assistant teachers 255 were the names recommended by these politicians.
A single bench of the Gauhati High Court had ordered for a CBI inquiry into the alleged anomalies in the appointment of assistant teachers in government lower primary schools in Meghalaya after adjudicating on a case of nine writ petitions filed by more than 100 aggrieved applicants from various districts of the state during April-May 2010.
Castigating the irregularities in the appointment of the assistant teachers, the 107-page CBI report probing the irregularities said, “The impugned selection process is vitiated by nepotism, favouritism and malice in law, if not malice in fact.”
The CBI, which had questioned all the officials involved, also said, “The process suffers from arbitrariness, perversity and irregularities and is indefensible.”
Indicting Ampareen Lyngdoh (the then
Education Minister), the CBI said the then director of the School,
Education and Literacy, J D Sangma, was “instructed” by the minister to tamper with the score-sheets in all five sub-divisions of the state.
The report said, “Enquiry has established that majority of candidates were appointed in irregular manner by changing their original marks on account of experience, education, qualification in the score sheet by applying white fluid (correction ink)”. It said that the board
members expressed surprise to see the manipulated score sheets.
The CBI report said the speaker had recommended three candidates, his deputy Sanbor Shullai had four recommendations which were duly accepted.
Cabinet ministers RC Laloo, Prestone Tynsong, AL Hek, JA Lyngdoh had together recommended 70 candidates of their choices.
Legislators Sniawbhalang Dhar, RV Lyngdoh, Remington Pyngrope, LimisonSangma and Donkupar Massar had recommended 131 candidates. Other influential politicians successfully recommended 47 other names.
The report said while the education department had appointed 350 names as successful candidates in the selection process, 255 were those recommended by the politicians.- By Our Reporter
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