Overview

• The Supreme Court said no disqualified candidate may sit the September 7 and 14 tests, upheld the September 2 application cut-off, and refused fresh pleas for deadline extensions.
• The bench criticized attempts to “smuggle in” barred names and allowed untainted appointees to write the exam without the new 50% graduation marks requirement.
• A Calcutta High Court division bench rejected pleas from about 350 tainted applicants and questioned how some were issued admit cards that the commission later cancelled.
• The WBSSC has posted a list of 1,806 tainted candidates and scheduled written exams for 35,726 assistant teacher posts, with 3.19 lakh candidates due at 636 venues on September 7 and the next test on September 14.
• Mamata Banerjee said she is exploring legal options to place tainted teachers in Group C or D roles, as teacher groups petitioned the government to postpone the new exams or reinstate eligible 2016 hires.