The court's observation came during the hearing of an appeal filed by the Delhi government challenging the order of a single judge of the high court staying the Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board's (DSSSB) notice withdrawing the process of appointment of over 8,914 teachers for the schools run by the AAP government.
The single judge had asked the authorities to issue a fresh advertisement calling for applications from eligible candidates by December 20 which shall be received latest by December 31.
It listed the matter for hearing tomorrow.
The Department of Education, in its appeal filed through Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia, sought setting aside of single judge's December 11 order in which it was said that the court's permission ought to have been sought before issuing the withdrawal notice on August 24.
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The single judge's order had come on a contempt petition by NGO Social Jurist alleging deliberate omission in compliance of the court's December 2001 order.
The NGO, through advocate Ashok Aggarwal, had also filed an application seeking a stay on the DSSSB order withdrawing a notice on appointment of the teachers in government-run schools here. It had alleged that the Board's notice of August 24 was "illegal and contemptuous in nature".
The Delhi government had introduced the Board with the purpose of recruiting capable, competent and highly-skilled individuals by conducting written tests, professional tests and personal interviews.
The NGO had submitted that in a 2001 order the court had directed the DSSSB to ensure zero vacancy of teachers in Delhi government schools on the commencement of each academic year.
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