Srinagar: Two employees of Education department were placed under suspension for making ‘mass transfer’ list of teacher viral on social media.

Reports said that Office of the Chief Education Officer, Central Kashmir’s  Budgam had accorded the sanction to the mass transfer of teachers.

Reports added that a list of over 500 teachers posted in different schools of Budgam district had been prepared and it was dully signed by CEO Budgam,without the approval of CEO,two employees from the same office put the list on WahtsApp thus making it viral.

“The viral list created panic among teachers. Majority of them used influence to either stop the transfer or change the place of posting,”  Insiders said that during the probe the names of two employees surfaced who were immediately suspended for violating the norms.

According to Chief Education Officer Budgam, two employees have been suspended for making the transfer list public. One is a Senior Assistant, another is a Junior one.