A Job Interview, An Appointment, A Text: Teacher Finds He Was Fraudulently Replaced At University 20 Years Back

20-Year-Old Hiring Challenged In High Court Over Name Error

The Uttarakhand High Court has asked the Kumaon University to place on record documents over an appointment it made two decades ago after a PIL claimed a wrong person was selected instead of the right candidate.

A Job Interview, An Appointment, A Text: Teacher Finds He Was Fraudulently Replaced At University 20 Years Back

A Ghaziabad resident has alleged that Kumaun University appointed another person in his place as a physics lecturer in 2005 through fraudulent means. The Uttarakhand High Court has sought records from the university.

For a decade and a half, a 48-year-old without a diploma is said to have taught at schools in Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Vienna. When he lost his wallet and landed with the police, the fraud broke out. On Thursday, he had to answer to the Regional Court of Linz. For about 15 years, a 48-year-old from Steyr was supposed to have taught at schools in Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Vienna. The problem was that his diploma was forged. That's …

According to the Regional Education Office, by consulting the universities allegedly issuing the degrees, they confirmed that the diplomas did not correspond to their records and had not been issued by their institutions.