On the basis of fake documents of a government teacher, a man secured a job in the primary education department. After 16 years of service, the man on duty as principal of a primary school in Madanpura block of Firozabad district has been terminated.

The Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) has ordered an FIR against the fake teacher. The entire matter surfaced following an investigation of the UP STF on appointments of teachers in the primary education department.

According to sources, the man secured the job by presenting himself as “Devendra Kumar”. He produced fake documents of a govt primary school teacher with the same name posted in Hathras district. After getting information from the STF investigation, the fake teacher had tried to resign from the duty.

BSA Anjali Agarwal said, “In 2006, Devendra Kumar had secured a job on the basis of the fake documents of another teacher with the same name. Notices were issued to him thrice, but he didn’t appear to make any clarification. He has been terminated from service. An FIR will be registered against him. Besides, a process to recover the salary he took for 16 years from the department has been initiated.”

Following orders of the state government, UP STF had started investigating human resource data of the primary education department on an online portal. So far, three cases have surfaced in Firozabad district where people managed to get a govt teacher job on the basis of fake documents.