Dehradun: The state education department has ordered all teachers to return to their previous postings and has annulled all the recent transfer orders following the intervention of the election commission.
As many as 25 teachers were handed over transfer orders on January 9, a day after the model code of conduct came into force and although the order was issued on January 9, it had the date -- January 8, 2021 -- on it. This stirred a controversy.
The issue of backdate order was raised by
Congress and the teachers' association claiming that several teachers are conniving with the authorities to get relocated to their preferred places. Among these 25 teachers who were given transfer, nine were from
Udham Singh Nagar
. The remaining were from districts, including
Uttarkashi
,
Nainital
and
Chamoli. Notably, most of the teachers have already joined their new posting and will now have to return to their previous posting.
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