Overview

• WBSSC’s two-phase SLST is scheduled for September 7 and 14 to fill 35,726 posts, with about 3.19 lakh candidates on Sunday and 2.46 lakh the following week.
• Question papers and OMR sheets carry barcodes and per-candidate security features, which the commission says can pinpoint any leak within roughly 30 minutes via a monitoring room alert.
• Protocols include 10 am reporting, metal-detector frisking, last entry at 11:45 am, sealed paper delivery by 10:30 am, barcode scanning of admit cards, and strict bans on phones and electronic devices for candidates and key officials.
• Police in Paschim Medinipur arrested Arindam Pal over an allegedly false social-media post about paper sales, while BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has alleged papers are being sold for ₹50,000 in North 24 Parganas; WBSSC asserts papers are secure.
• The exam follows the Supreme Court’s annulment of the tainted 2016 recruitment and a list barring 1,806 identified candidates, as the state administration reviews logistics across 636 centres on September 7 and 478 on September 14.