The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High
Court orders directing CBI investigation into filing of an application by the West
Bengal Central School Service Commission (SSC) in a case related to the
teachers' recruitment scam.
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and
Justice Hima Kohli also stayed the part of the order by which the single-judge
bench of the high court had summoned West Bengal Principal Secretary
Manish Jain before it Friday in relation to the filing of the fresh application
by the West Bengal Central SSC.
"Presently, when I am arguing here, the principal
secretary is in the dock before the high court," senior advocate A M
Singhvi, appearing for the state government, told the bench.
"There shall be a stay on the high court
orders," the CJI said and listed the plea of the state government after
three weeks.
On November 23, the high court had ordered the CBI
probe into filing of a benami application' and had asked the central agency to
investigate at whose behest the plea was filed by the SSC to secure the jobs of
staff illegally recruited for state government-sponsored and aided educational
institutions by creating extra posts.
The high court had also sought the personal appearance
of Jain before it at 10.30 am on Friday.
The CBI is already probing illegal appointments in
such schools on earlier orders of the high court.