# Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee mulls alternative roles for tainted teachers 2026-08-16T11:22:47+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday that teachers deemed 'tainted' in the recruitment scam could be placed in Group C or D posts instead of teaching. Speaking at the Shiksha Ratna programme in Kolkata, she said the government was considering the move through legal means, adding that non-teaching staff who lost jobs after the Supreme Court's April 3 order would be considered in a fresh hiring process once teacher recruitment is over. The remarks drew sharp criticism from groups representing 'untainted' teachers. Mehboob Mondal of the Jogyo Shikkhok Shikkhika Adhikar Mancha said honest candidates who passed the 2016 exam were being sacrificed. Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari backed the protesters, saying it is unfair to ask them to compete with fresh candidates. On August 30 and 31, the West Bengal School Service Commission published a list of 1,806 tainted candidates as directed by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by tainted candidates seeking to appear in the fresh recruitment process. The court had in April upheld the cancellation of nearly 26,000 appointments, ruling the 2016 process was 'fraught with fraud'. Fresh recruitment exams are scheduled for September 7 and 14. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Calcutta High Court, Mamata Banerjee, Supreme Court, West Bengal, West Bengal School Service Commission Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-mulls-alternative-roles-for-tainted-teachers/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-mulls-alternative-roles-for-tainted-teachers/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/