Prayagraj: Allahabad high court has granted the Uttar Pradesh govt three more months to comply with its Jan 2026 order directing a comprehensive, statewide scrutiny of appointments of assistant teachers, particularly those who secured appointment using forged and fabricated certificates.While dealing with a contempt petition pertaining to the Jan 2026 order, Justice Piyush Agrawal remarked that a prima facie case of contempt had been made out against the principal secretary, basic education, and other officials for wilful disobedience of the earlier order.The contempt application was filed by Brajesh Kumar Bagwar against the principal secretary (basic education) and two others.It was the petitioner’s case that a certified copy of the order was submitted to the authorities concerned for compliance.The petitioner claimed that the authorities concerned wilfully failed to comply with the directions, thereby committing civil contempt punishable under Section 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.The court by order dated Nov 5 disposed of the contempt application and granted liberty to the applicant to move a fresh application for compliance of the order.A single bench of Allahabad HC, in its order dated Jan 22, had noted a pattern in which many assistant teachers secured appointments using forged and fabricated certificates, fake documents, or deliberate concealment of material facts.The court had observed that such people remained in service for years together, openly in collusion with the management of institutions and, in many cases, with the active connivance or tacit approval of the basic shiksha adhikari (BSA) concerned.Simultaneously, the court had directed that stringent disciplinary and penal action be initiated against officials found to have colluded with, abetted, or deliberately ignored such fraudulent appointments. The entire exercise was directed to be completed expeditiously, preferably within six months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of the order.
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