The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court judgment directing the Bengal government to call 2016 waitlisted candidates for interviews in the fresh teachers’ recruitment process, despite many having crossed the age limit of 40 years. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Vinod Chandran stayed the high court order following an appeal filed by the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC). ADVERTISEMENTThe commission challenged the high court verdict on the grounds that it violated statutory rules as well as last year’s Supreme Court judgment that terminated the jobs of 24,000-odd teachers and non-teaching staff of government-aided schools. The High Court may decide on the constitutional validity of the 2025 Rules; however, no mandamus can be issued to act in violation of Statutory Rules,” the commission’s appeal stated. The commission also contended that the high court had erroneously treated unsuccessful 2016 candidates as untainted, even though the Supreme Court’s April 3, 2025 judgment had distinguished only selected candidates as tainted or untainted.

Source: The Telegraph January 20, 2026 01:11 UTC