Overview

• Over 400 dismissed school employees blocked the Hazra Crossing in Kolkata, demanding a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and protesting their exclusion from the 'untainted' list.
• The Supreme Court annulled the 2016 WBSSC recruitment process, leaving 25,753 teaching and non-teaching staff jobless, with only 15,403 teachers allowed to continue temporarily.
• Protesters reject the state government's offer of monthly allowances for Group C and D employees, insisting on a segregated list to support their review petitions.
• The state government cites conflicting Supreme Court orders as the reason for not segregating non-teaching staff into tainted and untainted categories.
• The West Bengal government plans to file a review petition in early May, while protests and demands for transparency in OMR records continue to intensify.