Kolkata, May 8 : The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to put an interim stay on the previous order by a bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the alleged recruitment scam in the different municipalities in the state.

The order was passed by a single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha.  The Supreme Court had earlier put an interim stay on the order by Justice Gangopadhyay for a CBI probe in the municipalities recruitment scam, which Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths allegedly unearthed during their course of investigation in the alleged recruitment scam in state-run schools.  The apex court had also referred the matter back to the Calcutta High Court. 

Meanwhile, West Bengal had made a fresh appeal to Justice Sinha's bench for reconsideration of the order for CBI probe in the alleged recruitment scam in urban civic bodies and this was heard on Monday.  State Advocate General S.N. Mukhopadhyay argued that since law & order is a state subject, the state agencies should be given the opportunity in this particular case instead of handing it over to a central agency without giving a chance to the state agencies.  "The CBI order was given on the basis of an appeal from the ED by the previous single- judge bench which did not have the jurisdiction of the matter. So, the ED's appeal on this count should not be admissible at any cost," he argued.