The case details how the recruitment was rigged at every level. The WBSSC hired a company called M/s NYSA without any open tender process to handle scanning and evaluation of OMR sheets and to maintain a digital database. According to the Calcutta High Court, the commission failed to provide any documentation to prove NYSA was even qualified. “Letter of appointment of M/s NYSA contains only two lines which requires M/s NYSA to scan and evaluate the OMR sheets. No other terms and conditions of the appointment have been specified,” the judgment said.

The court decisions sparked outrage, partly because they provided no protection even for candidates who claimed to be untainted. The High Court said the scam was "too deep and pervasive" to separate genuine recruits from those who benefited from fraud.

SC’s 4 Key Principles to Strike Down Tainted Selection Processes:  Entire exam results will be cancelled if in-depth inquiry signals fraud in process.  The evidence used to cancel en masse selection may not necessarily prove malpractice beyond reasonable doubt (but just a reasonable certainty of systemic corruption).  If deep manipulation in the process is proven, purity of the process has to be given precedence over inconvenience to untainted candidates.  If it is factually established that the entire process is vitiated, individual hearings are not necessary.

In a ruling that has now been upheld by the Supreme Court, the Calcutta High Court has cancelled the recruitment process for nearly 25,000 teaching and non-teaching jobs in government-aided schools across West Bengal. The case concerns appointments made between 2016 and 2020 by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). Both courts called the process "unashamedly" manipulative, saying the scale and depth of the fraud were such that none of the recruited candidates—more than 18,000 

Earlier this month, the apex court upheld a Calcutta High Court verdict that invalidated the appointments of 25,752 teaching and non-teaching staff, saying the WBSSC selection process was “vitiated by manipulation and fraud”. It then ordered a fresh selection process to fill the vacancies.

The Supreme Court on Thursday (April 17) held that assistant teacher candidates “untainted” in the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment process can continue teaching, provided the West Bengal government

WBSSC Recruitment Scam News: Earlier this month, the Supreme Court had upheld a Calcutta High Court verdict that invalidated the appointments of 25,752 teaching and non-teaching staff, saying the WBSSC selection process was “vitiated by manipulation and fraud”

The Supreme Court while upholding the quashing of nearly 25000 teaching and non-teaching staff appointments made by the West Bengal School Selection Commission (WBSSC) in 2016, laid down key principles to be considered by the Court when dealing with challenges to appointments in government employment.  Key Points   Background: The recruitments made in 2016 by the WBSSC were linked to the cash-for-school jobs recruitment “scam”. The SSC had held the selection process in 2016 for assistant teachers for classes nine to 12 and non-teaching staff. 

The Supreme Court bench upheld the Calcutta HC's finding that the selection process was fraudulent and manipulated.  Tainted candidates’ services will be terminated, and salaries must be refunded.  The entire selection process was declared void for violating Articles 14 (Equality before Law) and Article 16 (Equality in matters of public employment) of the Indian Constitution.   Even untainted candidates will lose jobs but need not refund salaries.  No future appointments can be made from the scrapped process

The recruitments made in 2016 by the WBSSC were linked to the cash-for-school jobs recruitment “scam”. The SSC had held the selection process in 2016 for assistant teachers for classes nine to 12 and non-teaching staff.  SC Judgement:  The Supreme Court bench upheld the Calcutta HC's finding that the selection process was fraudulent and manipulated.  Tainted candidates’ services will be terminated, and salaries must be refunded.