Overview

• The Supreme Court ruled that 'untainted' assistant teachers for Classes IX–XII can continue teaching until the completion of fresh recruitment by the end of 2025.
• The court directed the West Bengal government and School Service Commission to publish fresh recruitment advertisements by May 31 and complete the hiring process by December 31, 2025.
• Non-teaching Group C and D staff, whose appointments were also invalidated, will not be reinstated due to a high number of tainted candidates.
• The 2016 recruitment process was deemed 'vitiated' by systemic fraud, prompting mass terminations of over 25,000 teaching and non-teaching staff earlier this month.
• Protests by dismissed teachers and solidarity demonstrations from unaffected colleagues continue in Kolkata, as the state government considers filing a review petition.