Overview

• On July 28, the Supreme Court vacated the Calcutta High Court’s stay on West Bengal’s expanded OBC subcategory list, removing the principal legal hurdle to result publication.
• The state higher education department issued a directive this week instructing the WBJEE board to move forward with declaring results after finalizing category classifications.
• WBJEE board chairperson Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee opened a portal allowing candidates to update their social category information until August 2 for accurate merit listing.
• A division bench of the Calcutta High Court led by Justice Sujoy Paul has required the state government and the board to file affidavits by August 7 explaining the prolonged delay.
• With legal and administrative steps now completed, the board is set to release the WBJEE 2025 results on August 7, concluding a three-month postponement.