The Bombay high court (HC) on Monday came down heavily on the chief electoral officer (CEO) of Maharashtra for assigning election duty to teachers from unaided schools, asking the state election commission (SEC) to file its defence by Wednesday. “Unaided schools are not established under any Act, but have been given registration and affiliation by the state. They can’t be asked to come for election duty,” submitted Desai. “The chief electoral officer did not apply his mind as to whether teachers from such institutions could be called for election duty. The bench said if the ECI’s objection were to be considered, they would have to give the teachers a month to approach the court.

Source: Hindustan Times April 02, 2019 06:36 UTC