Reservation & examination policy in West Bengal
The Calcutta High Court struck down a large tranche of West Bengal's OBC classifications in May 2024, and the SSC teacher-recruitment case led to the Supreme Court cancelling roughly 25,000 school appointments in April 2025. Both outcomes turned on process integrity and classification evidence rather than on the principle of assistance itself.
Recruitment & examination bodies
- WBPSC
- West Bengal SSC
- WBCHSE
- WBJEE Board
Why the reform argument matters in West Bengal
- 01The SSC recruitment cancellation showed how a single compromised process can destroy the careers of candidates from every category at once.
- 02The 2024 OBC-list judgment illustrates why classification must rest on published, auditable data rather than executive notification.
- 03Bengal's large pool of qualified but unemployed graduates makes vacancy backlogs a first-order political question.
Cities we cover in West Bengal
- Kolkata districtKolkataFormer capital of British India, cultural and academic centre
- Howrah districtHowrahHowrah Junction and the state's oldest engineering industry belt
- Darjeeling / Jalpaiguri districtSiliguriGateway to the North-East and the Siliguri Corridor
- Paschim Bardhaman districtDurgapurSteel township and industrial centre of the Damodar valley