SC stays Cal HC decision on wait-listed 2016 SSC candidate
Times of India | 20 January 2026
Kolkata: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order that had granted age-relaxation benefits to a waitlisted candidate during the 2016 school service commission recruitment process for assistant teachers for classes 9 to 12.
In a Dec 2025 order, Calcutta High Court judge Justice Amrita Sinha allowed the waitlisted and unappointed candidate from the 2016 SSC to appear in the 2025 selection process with age relaxation.
The high court also directed that the candidate's marks in the interview and lecture demonstration be kept in a sealed cover. The HC also said that if the candidate scored more than the last qualified candidate, his case would be taken up for further consideration.
The West Bengal School Service Commission challenged this order in the Supreme Court. A bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran passed the order.
Kalyan Banerjee, arguing for the SSC, told the apex court that the Calcutta High Court misinterpreted the Supreme Court's earlier orders, which were limited to persons who were appointed and were not found specifically tainted. Banerjee argued that this order was not applicable to those who were not appointed.