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WBSSC Releases Fresh Interview List After OBC Cut to 7%
Corrected 1 October 2026: an earlier version said candidates must re-appear for interviews; the commission says those who have already appeared will not. The revised list, the cancelled counselling and three sources were added.
The Story in Brief
The West Bengal School Service Commission on Monday, 28 September, released a fresh list of candidates eligible for interviews for Class 11 to 12 teacher recruitment after the OBC reservation was cut from 17% to 7%. The total vacancies remain unchanged at 12,445, though the subject-wise breakup has been revised.
The revised list has 20,244 names, the Times of India reports: more than 3,000 candidates on the earlier panel have been dropped and 3,000 new names added. The commission’s notice cancels all counselling held on the earlier panel and withdraws the recommendation letters issued from it. Candidates who have already appeared for the interview and lecture demonstration will not have to appear again, and their existing scores will count towards a revised merit list, Millennium Post reports. Newly included candidates will be called for document verification and interviews on a schedule to be notified separately.
The two-tier OBC-A and OBC-B categorisation has been replaced by a single category, following legal issues and a change of state government in 2026. The Supreme Court cancelled the entire 2016 recruitment panel in April 2025 as ‘tainted and vitiated’, costing about 26,000 jobs, and a fresh examination for Classes 11 and 12 was held in September 2025. The court has extended the deadline to complete recruitment to 31 May 2027.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The reports agree on the core facts: 12,445 vacancies, the OBC quota cut from 17% to 7% and a revised interview list. They split on the point that matters most to candidates. The Times Now report this brief first drew on said, when it was read on 29 September, that candidates would have to re-appear for interviews. The PTI copy carried by the Free Press Journal says the commission clarified that those who have already appeared will not have to do it again, and the Times of India and Millennium Post, reporting the commission’s notice, say the same. The larger cost falls on candidates who were already recommended: every recommendation letter from the earlier panel is withdrawn, including for some who had cleared police verification. The interview schedule for newly included candidates is the next step, with the Supreme Court deadline eight months away.
Corrected 1 October 2026: an earlier version said candidates must re-appear for interviews; the commission says those who have already appeared will not. The revised list, the cancelled counselling and three sources were added.
Coverage: 4 sources, 4 neutral
Sources (4): timesnownews.com (neutral report), timesofindia.indiatimes.com (neutral report), millenniumpost.in (neutral report), freepressjournal.in (neutral report)
This brief was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Methodology and corrections.
