India, Aug. 7 -- The Calcutta high court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) Board to publish a fresh merit list of examinees, holding that the one published by the board didn't conform to the court order on reservation to the Other Backward Classes (OBC).

"The WBJEE Board shall recast the merit list and publish a fresh panel, providing seven percent reservation for the 66 classes of OBC candidates as recognized by the West Bengal Backward Classes Department prior to 2010," a bench of justice Kausik Chanda said.

The bench ordered the board to complete the entire exercise within the next 15 days. The court also directed the board's registrar and the West Bengal higher education department to file compl...