Kolkata, Dec 12, 2025

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to allow waiting-list teaching candidates from the commission’s 2016 panel to appear for interviews in the fresh recruitment for secondary and higher secondary teachers.

The order of the single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha had two operative parts and specified the limited scope of relief being granted. The first states that only those waiting-list candidates from the 2016 panel who were disqualified from participating in the fresh-recruitment interview because of the age criterion should get the chance to appear.

Similarly, only those waiting-list candidates who have approached the Calcutta High Court seeking a chance to appear in the fresh-re

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