Shillong, Sept. 5 -- The High Court of Meghalaya on Thursday quashed criminal proceedings in a 17-year-old case against cabinet minister and former education minister Mazeal Ampareen Lyngdoh, along with two former education officials.

The case, dating back to 2008, pertained to alleged irregularities in the recruitment of assistant teachers in lower primary schools.

Lyngdoh, then education minister, along with JD Sangma, the then director of elementary and mass education, and Ameka I Lyngdoh, the then deputy director, were accused of conspiring to manipulate score sheets to benefit certain candidates.

It was alleged that Lyngdoh misused her position to influence the tabulation process by issuing slips directing alterations in marks. Ho...