The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) on Thursday released a complete list of 1,806 candidates from the 2016 recruitment panel, who were previously identified as “tainted and disqualified” by the courts.
A section of the SSC candidates moved Calcutta High court on Monday allegedly over the presence of tainted candidates in the recently-published SSC list of candidates for interviews.
A teaching job aspirant, who appeared in State Level Selection Test (SLST) conducted by West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in September, has decided to move the Calcutta High Court after his name did not feature in the SSC results.
Amidst legal tangles over SSC tainted candidates, the commission today published the list of about 35,726 vacant posts for which examinations are scheduled on 7 and 14 September.
The high court also reprimanded such candidates for filling the petition and questioned their intention.
Emphasising the institutional sensitivity, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Central government not to release from service 69 women officers of the Indian Army’s Short Service Commission (SSC), who have approached the top court challenging the denial of permanent commission to them.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday held a large-scale protest in Siliguri against the alleged irregularities in the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) and Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) teacher recruitment processes.
After a 40-hour siege at Acharya Sadan, West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) headquarters at Salt Lake, a section of protesting jobless teachers on Wednesday morning allowed Siddhartha Majumder, chairman of the WBSSC, and its other employees to leave.
The tentative answer key for the SSC GD Constable exam was released on March 4, 2025, and candidates were allowed to raise objections until March 9.
Education minister Bratya Basu on Friday said that the state government would soon file a review petition regarding the dismissed candidates in the SSC recruitment case.
