Overview

• India’s top court reiterated that no candidate on the WBSSC’s tainted list may sit for the fresh recruitment tests on September 7 and 14, warning the state against attempts to accommodate them.
• The Calcutta High Court’s division bench upheld a single-judge order dismissing pleas from about 350 tainted candidates and questioned why admit cards were issued to them before being canceled.
• The WBSSC has published 1,806 names identified as tainted in the 2016 panel and revoked their provisional admit cards for the re-run exams.
• Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the government is consulting legal experts on placing tainted individuals in Group C or D posts, while proceeding with recruitment for untainted candidates.
• Affected teachers petitioned the chief minister and the Assembly Speaker to discuss postponing the exams and reinstatement, even as the Supreme Court maintained the process timeline and allowed untainted appointees to serve until December 31.