Bengal’s school education department has initiated steps to recover salaries paid to “tainted” teaching and non-teaching staff who were appointed through a “vitiated” recruitment process. The education department has also informed the Supreme Court about the steps being taken to recover the salaries already paid to these candidates. Similarly, of the 8,544 Group C and Group D staff whose services were terminated, 3,512 were identified as tainted. In May 2025, the state government had sought a review of the Supreme Court’s direction requiring tainted candidates to refund their salaries. The Supreme Court, however, rejected the plea.

Source: The Telegraph January 29, 2026 07:06 UTC