Overview

• The SIT, announced by School Education Minister Dada Bhuse, is led by senior IAS, IPS and legal experts under a strict four-to-five-month deadline
• It will examine over 1,000 teacher and non-teaching appointments since 2012, including 580 deemed ineligible in Nagpur division that cost ₹100 crore in salaries
• Criminal charges have been filed against office-bearers of 12 government-aided educational institutions and departmental probes target state education officials
• Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Ajay Chaudhari and other opposition members raised the issue through a calling-attention motion in the state assembly, triggering the SIT’s formation
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has set up a separate SIT, led by a senior woman officer, to investigate sexual harassment allegations at a Beed coaching centre