The High Court of Uttarakhand has ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into alleged anomalies in appointment to different posts in the Gomti Puran Prasad Arya girls inter college, Ramnagar.The high court has also directed that the investigation report should be submitted in the court within four months. The order was given by the single bench of justice lokpal Singh. The Nainital chief education officer Kamlesh Kumar, the inter college principal, manager and experts were also present in the court.
According to the case details, Ramnagar resident Anju Agrawal filed a petition in the high court stating that a notice had been released for appointments to nine posts of teaching faculty and clerks in the said inter college on May 23, 2014. The selected candidates were appointed in September.
The petitioner stated that she had applied for the post of assistant clerk. According to the conditions stated in the notice, candidate for the clerical position should have a certificate in computer typing from a recognised institute. The petitioner further stated that candidate Neha Sharma who was appointed to the clerical position did not have a certificate in computer typing. Sharma’s appointment was challenged in the court by the petitioner. The petitioner also alleged that irregularities had been orchestrated in the appointment process with the connivance of the inter-college manager and the chief education officer. After hearing the petition, on the basis of suspicion, the high court ordered a CBI probe into the matter.