Kolkata, Aug. 31 -- The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday released a list of 1,804 "tainted" candidates who allegedly paid bribes to secure jobs in government-run schools in 2016. The development comes two days after a bench of justices Sanjay Kumar and Satish Chandra Sharma of Supreme Court directed the state 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," a senior official of WBSSC said. The appointments of all 25,752 school teachers and non-teaching staff (group-C and D) from the 2016 recruitment panel were cancelled by the bench of the Chief Justice of India Sanjeev Khanna on April 3. On an appeal by the state, the CJI's bench said on April 17 that only the non-tainted teachers may be allowed to continue in service until December 31 but they must go through a fresh selection test in the meantime. The fresh exam is likely to be held on September 7 and 14. According to the commission, out of the 25,753 appointments invalidated by the Supreme Court's April 3 verdict, 5,303 teaching and non-teaching staff were found to be tainted.Of these, 1,804 are teachers. Education minister Bratya Basu told reporters, "As directed by the honourable Supreme Court, we are following every procedure." Union MoS education Sukanta Majumdar, however, attacked the ruling TMC, saying: "The state and SSC had to delay the publication of the tainted list for over two years after being prodded by the Supreme Court. The TMC's people's representatives are involved in the scandal..." The alleged corruption is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate following an order the Calcutta high court passed in May 2022....