3 teachers suspended for pranking another with fake transfer order

NOT A CHILD’S PLAY Sources in the education department say that the teachers in a written apology admitted that they had tried to play a prank AN INQUIRY WAS ORDERED AFTER ‘FAKE ‘ORDER, WAS ALLEGEDLY ISSUED WITH THE SIGNATURE OF THE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY

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Two government school teachers’ attempt to play a prank on a colleague, by making a fake transfer order to ‘surprise’ him, went horribly wrong when they were suspended. The victim of the prank, too, couldn’t escape and was also suspended.

Sources in the education department, familiar with the development, confirmed that the two teachers, in a written apology to the district education officer (DEO) of Bhilwara, admitted that they had tried to play a prank with the fake transfer order.

The education directorate in Bikaner ordered an inquiry after the ‘fake ‘order, allegedly issued with the signature of the director of elementary education, was widely circulated on social media on May 14.

Sources said that during the inquiry, DEO, Bhilwara, Kanheya Lal Bhatt called the teacher, Yaduraj Singh, allegedly transferred by the fake order. Yaduraj is posted at the Government Upper Primary School in Bhilwara. He said that the order was made by Satyendra Singh and

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Devendra Singh to tease him. The two have accepted their fault and given a written apology. Yaduraj has been suspended by the DEO.

The DEO said that the teachers passed on the fake order to Yaduraj on WhatsApp.

It also contained four other fictitious names, which brought it to the notice of the directorate and it issued an advisory to verify all transfer orders before implementation.

In a communication, director of elementary education, Shyamsingh Rajpurohit said that all DEOs should confirm transfer orders before reliving or letting teachers join. The education department, which employs four lakh teachers in the state, had invited applications from teachers seeking a transfer by April 20. The department received around 40,000 applications from elementary and secondary teachers.

The elementary education department received more than 15,000 requests personally and about 11,000 through email. The secondary education department also received about 6,075 applications at the headquarters and some 7,000 applications in districts. The department is preparing a database of those seeking a transfer and information will be shared with DEOs for verification. The final list will soon be tabled before the government for approval.

The state government had imposed a ban on teachers’ transfer in 2010. In the absence of a transfer policy, teachers use written recommendations from legislators and parliamentarians to get postings of their choice.