Kolkata/IBNS, Sept. 4 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government is exploring options to accommodate the teachers, who have been identified as "tainted" in the recruitment scam, into Group C posts.

Addressing a Teachers' Day programme in the city, the Chief Minister said her government is seeking legal advice to appoint the "tainted teachers" as Group C staff.

Mamata made the announcement after the Calcutta High Court earlier this week rejected the petitions filed by "tainted" candidates who sought to appear in the fresh teacher recruitment drive called by the West Bengal government.

The petitions were filed by nearly 350 people whose names featured in the list of "tainted" candidates published by the...