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.
Following the recent Supreme Court verdict on the 2016 SSC recruitment panel, which has sent shockwaves across West Bengal, the principal of a Bankura college is now facing mounting pressure as a local citizens’ committee has threatened legal action should he be allowed to continue in his role.
Days after decrying the Supreme Court's verdict on the appointment of 25,000 government school teachers in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today assured the affected candidates that she stands by all those who have lost their jobs.
After the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday to cancel jobs of close to 26,000 teachers in the SSC 2016 recruitment case, many of the teachers, along with the candidates are left distraught.
Mr Majumdar, earlier had said it would be difficult to differentiate the deserving and undeserving candidates. But today in a U-turn, he told newspersons that it was feasible.
The Division Bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Shabbar Rashidi ordered the cancellation of 25,753 jobs today.
