Bengal SSC scam: Big setback for Mamata govt, HC declares 2016 recruitment test ‘null and void’ – The Economic Times Video

On April 22, The Calcutta High Court declared all appointments null and void in the 2016 SSC recruitments for West Bengal govt schools. The court also directed that a section of those recruits will have to return salaries drawn by them along with 12% per annum interest. Over 23 lakh candidates had appeared for the SLST-2016 for 24,640 vacant posts. The court directed the SSC to undertake a fresh selection process for the vacancies within a fortnight from the date of the Lok Sabha 2024 election results declaration. The central probe agency had arrested former state education minister Partha Chatterjee and some functionaries who held positions in SSC when the alleged scam surfaced. Chatterjee was arrested after huge stashes of cash and jewellery were recovered from the Kolkata residence of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of the former education minister.