Overview

• Hundreds of teachers and non-teaching staff dismissed following the Supreme Court's annulment of 25,753 WBSSC appointments have staged mass protests at Bikash Bhavan in Kolkata.
• Protesters demand the state government and WBSSC publish a list segregating 'untainted' from 'tainted' candidates to protect legitimate jobholders from corruption fallout.
• Clashes erupted as demonstrators breached barricades and stormed the education department's headquarters, leading to police baton charges and injuries on both sides.
• The state government has introduced a stipend scheme for sacked non-teaching staff, but many protesters reject it, insisting on full job reinstatement without fresh exams.
• The Supreme Court's May 31 deadline for notifying a fresh recruitment process looms, while the state awaits rulings on its review petitions seeking relief for affected employees.