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Bengal Government Responds to School Recruitment Fallout with Review Petition and Financial Aid

The state plans to challenge the Supreme Court's annulment of 25,753 jobs while addressing errors in teacher lists and offering interim ex gratia payments to sacked non-teaching staff.

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Job losers shift spot of agitation, announces future course of protests (photo:IANS)

Overview

  • The Supreme Court annulled 25,753 appointments from the 2016 WBSSC recruitment process, citing widespread irregularities, while granting temporary teaching rights to 15,403 'untainted' teachers until December 31, 2025.
  • The West Bengal School Service Commission admitted errors in its list of untainted teachers, with missing and incorrect names being corrected in updated versions to be released soon.
  • Protests by affected teachers and non-teaching staff have shifted to Sahid Minar following clashes among factions, with demands for a public list of tainted candidates continuing.
  • Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced one-time ex gratia payments of Rs 25,000 for Group C staff and Rs 20,000 for Group D staff, alongside assurances of support through a review petition to the Supreme Court.
  • The state government aims to avoid fresh exams for reinstatement and is preparing legal strategies to secure job security for untainted teachers and non-teaching staff.