India, Aug. 30 -- The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday released a list of tainted candidates who paid bribes to secure jobs in government-run schools in 2016. The list has 1,804 names, officials said.

This comes two days after a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma of Supreme Court directed the state government to publish the list of tainted candidates.

"In compliance with the order of the Supreme Court, a list of candidates whose selection was set aide by the Calcutta high court and confirmed by the Supreme Court was published on Saturday in the commission's website," said a senior official of WBSSC.

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