The Calcutta High Court cancelled on Monday all appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff made through the 2016 state-level test in West Bengal government-sponsored and aided secondary and higher secondary schools. The order meant the cancellation of 25,753 jobs. Calling the appointments as “null and void”, the division bench of Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi ruled that a fresh recruitment process must be conducted. The court also said individuals who were appointed... Read this story
