India, May 26 -- West Bengal government schoolteachers, who lost their jobs because of the Supreme Court's April 3 order in the bribe-for-employment case, told the state on Monday that they will not appear for a fresh selection test as directed by the top court.

The selection process must start by May 31, the court had ruled.

"We told the principal secretary and other officials of the education department that we will not sit for a selection test again. Many among us are ailing. There are a few cancer patients as well. They cannot appear for tests. The principal secretary said he cannot help because nobody is above the Supreme Court," Brindaban Ghosh, who attended the meeting along with six other teachers, told the media.

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