Kolkata, May 15 (Reporter) Thousands of dismissed teachers, on Thursday, laid siege to Bikash Bhavan, the West Bengal Education Department headquarters, at New Town, demanding their reinstatement even as RAF and Armed Policemen were seen guarding all four entry gates, official sources said. The dismissed teachers' protest was against the termination of their jobs, following the Supreme Court order regarding irregularities in the 2016 recruitment process. The teachers were dismissed by an order of the Calcutta High Court, which was upheld by the Supreme Court. The High Court cancelled the recruitment of the entire 2016 panel affecting some 26,000 teachers in the government-aided schools following an alleged cash-for-jobs scam for which the then Education Minister Partha Chatterjee was arrested and is in judicial custody. The protestors demanded that the government return jobs to all qualified teachers with full honour, as they would not sit for any further examination. The teachers demanded that the state take up the issue of their permanent reinstatement with the Apex court. The top Court allowed the government to keep all the qualified teachers to run the schools until December 31, 2025, and at the same time start processing the appointment of the teachers. The teachers protesting in front of Bikash Bhavan refused to vacate the site and scuffled with the security personnel. The teachers under the banner of Jogya Shikshak Shikshika Adhikar Mancha (JSSAM) have been protesting against their job losses with a sit-in since May 7 outside Bikash Bhavan. Bidhannagar Municipality Corporation Chairman and TMC leader Sabyasachi Dutta, who tried to enter Bikash Bhavan, was refused entry by the protestors. Later, his security personnel took him to safety away from the protestors. Dutta said he was there for his work...////...