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SC permits Asst Teachers in WB to continue till fresh recruitment

By Jhanak Sharma      17 April, 2025 04:25 PM      0 Comments
SC permits Asst Teachers in WB to continue till fresh recruitment

NEW DELHI: Days after cancelling their appointments due to the irregularities in the 2016 recruitment process, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the assistant teachers from grade 9-12 in West Bengal, to continue till fresh appointments are made to the posts.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar said the court will only grant extension to the teachers not to the class IV candidates on the ground that the students should not suffer.

A counsel contended that since 2016 no recruitment happened because of the pendency of this petition.

The bench said the order passed by it is subject to the condition that the state government and the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) complete the fresh recruitment process for the posts of assistant teachers of Classes 9 & 10, and 11 & 12 by December 31, 2025.

The court directed the state government and the SSC to publish the advertisement for the fresh recruitment process by May 31, 2025, and the exams and the entire recruitment process should be completed by December 31, 2025.

The court ordered the West Bengal government and WBSSC to file an affidavit before May 31, 2025, and bring on record the advertisement.

The bench made it categorically clear that if there is a default, the present order will get vacated.

The bench said it is not inclined to accept the prayer as far as group C and D employees are concerned, as the number of established tainted candidates is substantially high in number.

The court passed the order in an application in the case, where it upheld the cancellations of the 2016 appointments due to large-scale fraud and manipulation.

On April 3, the court upheld the Calcutta High Court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and non-teaching staff made by the WBSSC in 2016 in the state-run and state-aided schools, saying "the entire selection process has been vitiated and tainted beyond resolution".



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