LAWS(SC)-2025-4-23

STATE OF WEST BENGAL Vs. BAISHAKHI BHATTACHARYYA

Decided On April 03, 2025
STATE OF WEST BENGAL Appellant
V/S
Baishakhi Bhattacharyya Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) The impugned judgment dtd. 22/4/2024 en bloc sets aside the 2016 selection process conducted by the West Bengal Central School Service Commission [Hereinafter, "WBSSC"] for the recruitment of non-teaching staff in Groups C and D, and Assistant Teachers for Classes IX and X, as well as Classes XI and XII.

(3.) The appellants before us are the selectees, some of whom have been working for over five years. They fall into two categories: (i) selectees with purported evidence and material indicating wrongdoing and (ii) other selectees who claim that they were validly selected and have committed no wrongdoing. The State of West Bengal and the WBSSC have also challenged the impugned judgment.