Kolkata, June 4 -- The Calcutta High Court is expected to hear a set of petitions on Thursday (June 5) challenging the issuance of the West Bengal Secondary Schools Service Commission ( WBSSC) fresh notification seeking applications for recruitment of over 44,000 vacant posts in the teaching and non-teaching staff in the government-aided schools.
The notification comes two days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told media that an additional 11,517 posts for classes 9 and 10 teachers, 9,912 posts for classes 11 and 12 teachers and 1,571 vacancies at Group-C and D level have been created for the same selection process. Altogether over 44,000 vacancies are to be filled, the process for which should be completed before December 31.
On May...