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The police had to use a water cannon to stop protesting eligible JBT teachers from entering the Chandigarh territory to lay siege to the residence of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today.
Chandigarh, February 9 Nearly 11 years after their recruitment by the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government, 816 art and craft teachers of the Haryana Education Department are set to lose their jobs in the wake of a Supreme Court verdict. The state government has asked the District Elementary Education Officers (DEEOs) to terminate their services. The recruitments were made in 2010 on the basis of an advertisement issued in June 2006. Sachin Garg of Yamunanagar later moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging irregularities in the selection process. The HC set aside the selectio...