Kolkata/IBNS, Sept. 3 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the petitions filed by "tainted" candidates who sought to appear in the fresh teacher recruitment drive called by the West Bengal government, media reports said.

Justice Saugata Bhattacharya said the High Court won't interfere in the matter as the Supreme Court has already taken over the case related to the Bengal jobs scam.

The petitioners claim they are not tainted and their names were mistakenly included in the published list so they should be allowed in the fresh examination, which has been ordered by the Supreme Court that cancelled the entire 2016 recruitment panel owing to the scam.

On August 28, 2025, the Supreme Court directed the West Bengal School Service C...