India, July 8 -- The West Bengal government and the state school service commission (WBSSC) on Tuesday filed a petition before a Calcutta high court division challenging the single bench order that barred identifiable tainted recruits from the 2016 panel from appearing for the fresh selection test for government school teachers, lawyers aware of the development said.

The Supreme Court on April 3 cancelled the appointment of 25,752 school teachers and non-teaching staff (Group-C and D) from the 2016 recruitment panel. On an appeal by the state, the top court on April 17 allowed non-tainted teachers to continue in service until December 31 but required them to appear for the fresh selection test.

WBSSC, which notified the recruitment proc...