NEW DELHI, June 21 -- The Calcutta High Court on Friday temporarily restrained the West Bengal government from implementing its proposed monetary relief scheme for non-teaching staff who were dismissed following a Supreme Court judgment.

The Supreme Court had earlier struck down the 2016 recruitment process by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), labeling it as "tainted." As a result, nearly 26,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in government-sponsored and aided schools lost their jobs. In response, the state government launched a scheme offering one-time financial support-Rs25,000 for Group C and Rs20,000 for Group D employees-stating it was aimed at providing "limited livelihood, support and social security on humanitari...