Overview

• Education minister Bratya Basu announced a further 10-day extension of the centralized UG application window to July 25 following the High Court stay on OBC reservations.
• The Calcutta High Court’s interim order on the state’s June 8 OBC notification has halted category-wise form submissions until at least July 31.
• The state government has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court and may push back deadlines again until the reservation dispute is resolved.
• Since opening on June 18, the WBCAP portal has registered 348,294 students who submitted 1,993,433 applications for 7,229 undergraduate courses.
• Officials acknowledge an August 1 semester start is now unlikely but say the schedule still aligns with UGC rules mandating classes begin by the first week of August.