WB Teacher Recruitment Scam: SSC Posts List Candidates With Marks Mismatch

The SSC in the notice gave the actual OMR marks obtained by the candidates and the published OMR marks showing the marks mismatch.

Kolkata: The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC)) has come up with details of the marks mismatch of over 3,000 candidates who had appeared in tests for Group C posts in the 2016 examination. The SSC on Monday also called 785 waitlisted candidates, who had turned up for Group C posts in the same examination, for counselling soon.

The SSC said in a notice on its website on Monday that “In compliance with the direction of Hon’ble Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, High Court, Calcutta, dated 10.03.2023 in WPA 12270 of 2021, the difference of marks of total 3,478 candidates in connection with 3rd Regional level Selection Test (NT), 2016 (for Gr-C posts) have been published in the website of West Bengal Central School Service Commission on 13.03.2023.”

The SSC in the notice gave the actual OMR marks obtained by the candidates and the published OMR marks showing the marks mismatch.

The order came after the court found these candidates had got the recommendation from SSC, owing to manipulation of OMR sheets for the recruitment examination in 2016. The high court also asked the SSC to recommend names of waitlisted candidates to the board to fill up posts in accordance with merit.

The SSC in another notice on its website said “in compliance with the order dated 10.03.2023 of Hon’ble Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, High Court, the West Bengal Central School Service Commission has been directed to conduct counselling of waitlisted candidates according to their merit, category etc as well as conditions specified by Hon’ble Court in the stated order, in the vacancies arising out of 785 numbers of erroneous recommendations in regard to Regional Level Selection Test (NT) 2016 for recruitment of Group-C staff.”

The notice further confirmed the 785 appointments were annulled “vide Commission’s memo no 324/L-3629/CSSC/ESTT/2023 Dated 10-03-2023.”

The notice further said the counselling for the posts is scheduled to be conducted at the office address soon and detailed notification will be published on the website of the commission accordingly.

The 785 waitlisted candidates are among the 3,478 whose marks have not been found to be in order.

Candidates who shall be called to attend such counselling process, if found to be related to any irregularity including manipulation in their OMRs, shall be barred from appearing in the counselling process and shall have their candidature cancelled forthwith without.

The SSC action comes in the wake of the Calcutta High Court having directed the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education to cancel jobs of 1,911 Group D employees who were illegally given appointments in state-aided, state-sponsored secondary schools illegally following manipulation in recruitment examination results in February.

(With PTI inputs)