Overview
- The bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma exempted untainted appointees allowed to serve till December 31, 2025 from the 50% graduation and post‑graduation marks requirement for the new exam.
- The court directed that further steps in the selection be postponed and extended the application window for these candidates by 10 days, issuing notice with the matter returnable on October 31.
- The fresh recruitment drive had slated SLST exams for September 7 and 14 to fill 35,726 assistant teacher posts, with about 5.8 lakh provisional admit cards issued.
- Earlier orders made public this week show the Supreme Court dismissed review petitions on August 5 and reaffirmed its April 3 annulment of 25,753 2016 WBSSC appointments, citing Bag Committee and CBI findings and missing OMR records.
- WBSSC said it rejected 100 applications from candidates previously marked tainted for the new process, as terminated teachers protested and sought reinstatement without re‑examination while the CBI probe and related arrests continued.