Malik had reportedly previously been asked to resign as part of a major restructuring process within the department, but she did not agree to step down. The WBCHSE authorities then decided to remove him from the post. The reshuffle comes amid continued scrutiny over controversies linked to the previous one. Trinamool Congress Administration, including cash for school jobs worth crores of rupees.During the investigation into the alleged multi-crore Public Distribution System (PDS) scam, in which her father Jyoti Priya Malik was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in 2023, Priyadarshan Malik’s name also came up. Based on the ED’s findings, questions were raised about how he allegedly earned Rs 3.37 crore through private tutoring work in one financial year.The state government has also advised him to return to his original role as an assistant professor at government-aided Asutosh College in South Kolkata.
