Mumbai, Oct 29 (PTI) The Bombay High Court has stressed strict adherence to the government's Pavitra Portal for teachers' recruitment and directed the state to formulate a "fool-proof" SOP to ensure availability of the system to all schools and colleges.

A bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Ashwin Bhobe, in the order passed on October 16, said that at present there are several educational institutes across Maharashtra that conduct recruitment process privately under the garb that the portal was not functional or they were not provided with a login ID.

"There has to be strict adherence and utmost discipline to the Pavitra Portal recruitment system," the HC said in the order, a copy of which was made available on Wednesday.

The bench directed the principal secretary of the state's Educa

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