Overview

• The Supreme Court ordered the West Bengal School Service Commission to post the tainted list within seven days and warned of consequences if any ineligible person takes the fresh exams, with the matter listed next for October 8.
• WBSSC told the court it will upload the names today and has undertaken that no tainted candidate will be allowed to participate, with admit cards already available and the application window for eligible candidates open until September 2.
• The bench declined requests to postpone the recruitment, keeping the written tests for Classes IX–XII on September 7 and 14.
• WBSSC has stated 5,303 of the annulled appointees were tainted, including 1,803 teachers, while a court submission referenced about 1,900 identified by the CBI.
• Separately, WBSSC announced recruitment for 8,477 non-teaching posts with applications from September 16 to October 31 under new rules that include providing duplicate OMR copies and long-term retention of scanned answer sheets.