UP issues 1.3 crore recovery notices to six sacked teachers

LUCKNOW/SHRAVASTI: The UP government on Wednesday issued notices to six sacked teachers for recovery of Rs 1.37 crore paid to them during their tenure of employment in the district.
The six were sacked last year after they found using fake papers to get the job and FIRs were filed against them. One of them is in jail, one has got bail while the remaining four are absconding.
Earlier, similar steps were taken to recover Rs 95 lakh from four teachers in Bahraich, which they spent as salary and allowances during their service.Last week, TOI reported about one teacher who worked at 25 Kasturba Vidyalayas for 13 months and 'took away' Rs 1 crore as salary. Later, it turned out that documents of one 'eligible' candidate were being used by fraudsters.
Shravasti's basic shisha adhikari Omkar Rana issued notices to six teachers - Manoj Kumar of Etah (Rs 4.8 lakh) , Ram Kumar of Firozabad (Rs 13.6 lakh), Shobnath of Sant Kabir Nagar (Rs 33.3 lakh), Rajiv Upadhyaya of Gorakhpur (Rs 33.4), Kanhaiya Singh of Balrampur (Rs 32.7 lakh) , and Ajit Kumar Shukla of Bahraich (Rs 19.1 lakh). Isha Jain