West Bengal School Work Case: Bangladesh Education Commission Mobile SC seeks ‘modification’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talked about the gathering of teachers who had lost their jobs after the Supreme Court upheld the order of the Kolkata High Court, canceling the SSC’s appointment of more than 25,000 employees in schools in Bangladesh on Monday, April 7, 2025 at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata. Image source: ANI

West Bengal Secondary Education Commission (WBBSE) moved the Supreme Court on Monday (April 7, 2025) to demand a “modification” order to eliminate more than 25,000 jobs in schools last week, senior sources from the Ministry of Education said.

In order to appeal to the Supreme Court, the board’s attorneys requested that “deserved” candidates be allowed to participate in duties before the end of the school year, or until the new recruitment process under the court’s direction is completed, pti.

“I did not provide information or comments,” said WBBSE President Ramanuj Ganguly. Most of the cancelled areas were canceled for secondary work at the school.

The Supreme Court discovered large-scale violations during the 2016 recruitment process and canceled the entire group on April 3, with a total of 25,753 state-run and – auxiliary schools teaching and non-teaching personnel unemployed.

Those who have been unemployed claim that the reason behind their plight is that appointing their School Services Commission (SSC) cannot distinguish between candidates who have obtained employment by fraudulent means and those who have not obtained jobs.

SSC Chairman Siddhartha Majumdar told pti On Monday (7 April 2025), the committee will soon relocate the Supreme Court to seek some clarification on the order and work.

Education Minister Bratya Basu earlier said the Supreme Court was not satisfied with the SSC’s filing and it would seek guidance from the top courts on the issue.

A Supreme Court judge composed of India’s Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar described the entire selection process in 2016 as “deception and contamination”, upholding the Kolkata High Court decision of April 22, 2024 to eliminate the appointment.