# SC bars tainted candidates as Mamata weighs alternative state jobs 2026-08-06T18:13:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea by hundreds of ‘tainted’ candidates seeking to sit for West Bengal’s fresh teacher recruitment examination. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said such candidates, barred from teaching by court order, could be considered for Group C or D roles. She also said non-teaching staff affected by the court’s April 3 order would be considered in a fresh hiring process after teacher recruitment. The West Bengal School Service Commission has identified 1,806 ‘tainted’ candidates, with about 1,400 admit cards cancelled. The Supreme Court had annulled nearly 26,000 teaching and non-teaching appointments from the 2016 process. Fresh examinations are scheduled for September 7 and 14. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Tags: Mamata Banerjee, Supreme Court, teacher recruitment, WBSSC, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/sc-bars-tainted-candidates-as-mamata-weighs-alternative-state-jobs/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/sc-bars-tainted-candidates-as-mamata-weighs-alternative-state-jobs/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.