Who are the Victims of Education Scam in West Bengal? | Arup Kumar Sen

Corruption has become a part and parcel of contemporary public life in India. It is noteworthy that West Bengal did not figure in the list of top 8 corrupt states in India, according to the India Corruption Survey 2019, an independent survey which sought around 1,90,000 responses. On the other hand, West Bengal found its place in the list of the least corrupt states (See www.moneycontrol.com)

The Supreme Court verdict on April 4, 2025, is concerned with the gigantic recruitment scam of the West Bengal government. The Supreme Court upheld a Calcutta High Court order which quashed the entire selection process conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016 for the recruitment of teachers for Classes IX to XII and Group C and D staff, cancelling around 25,700 appointments. The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar justified the mass terminations by saying that the