Overview

• The Calcutta High Court has placed an interim stay on the creation of supernumerary posts for upper-primary physical and work education teachers in West Bengal state-run schools.
• The stay, extended by Justice Biswajit Basu until June 18, halts appointments aimed at accommodating waiting-list candidates nearing age limits.
• A new bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobrata Kumar Mitra has begun detailed hearings on alleged irregularities in primary teacher recruitments by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education.
• The state government is challenging earlier corruption findings, questioning the basis of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay's 2023 order canceling 32,000 primary teaching jobs.
• Protests by affected candidates have escalated, prompting contempt proceedings after derogatory remarks were made against Justice Basu.