# WBSSC to release Group C, D results before Kali Puja 2026-10-31T22:31:12+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) is expected to publish the results of the written examination for Group-C and Group-D non-teaching staff recruitment before Kali Puja on 8 November. Sources said final preparations were underway. The written test was conducted in March 2026 to fill 8,477 vacancies, of which 2,989 are for Group-C and 5,488 for Group-D positions. Over 16 lakh candidates took the exam. Most Group-D posts are in Bengali-medium schools: 4,287 in the general category and 1,021 reserved for women, plus 141 for Hindi-medium and 21 for Urdu-medium schools. The recruitment follows the cancellation of the entire 2016 recruitment panel of 25,753 appointments for assistant teachers, clerks, and Group-D staffers, ordered by the Supreme Court in 2023 due to corruption, rank-jumping, and tampering of OMR sheets. Fresh appointments for Class IX-XII assistant teachers are ongoing, while staffers who lost their jobs have been without salaries for over a year. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The result release before Kali Puja signals the commission’s effort to move past the 2016 recruitment scandal that led to mass cancellations. For the over 16 lakh candidates who wrote the March 2026 test, the outcome determines whether they fill any of the 8,477 vacancies, a small fraction of applicants. The largest share of posts is for Group-D in Bengali-medium schools, where the majority of general and reserved seats lie. The unresolved question remains how quickly the selected candidates will be appointed and whether the process can avoid fresh litigation, given the history of the 2016 panel’s cancellation. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Straight factual report on timeline and vacancy numbers This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Kolkata, Supreme Court, WBSSC, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/wbssc-to-release-group-c-d-results-before-kali-puja/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/wbssc-to-release-group-c-d-results-before-kali-puja/#story-in-brief 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/