The Supreme Court (SC) has issued an ad interim protection to teachers employed in the Government primary & secondary schools in West Bengal from getting terminated from service in accordance with the Calcutta High Court judgment in School Jobs for Cash Scam case. The SC further made a clarification that the application of ad interim protection is “…subject to the express stipulation that any person found to have been appointed illegally and has continued as consequence of present order shall undertake to refund the salary drawn”.