Calcutta HC Penalize WB Madrasah Service Commission For Delaying Recruitment Results For 13 Years

The Calcutta High Court’s Division Bench penalized the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission (WBMSC) for delaying the recruitment examination results for non-teaching staff by 13 years.

Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Prasenjit Biswas imposed a Rs 200,000 fine on the WBMSC. Who directed the commission to deposit the amount with the legal services department of the Calcutta High Court.

The court also instructed the WBMSC to complete the recruitment process for 3,000 vacancies within three months.

The initial examination for non-teaching staff in Group-D positions for state madrasas took place in 2010, followed by a written examination in 2011. However, they did not announce the results for 13 years and made no recruitments.

Candidates who had participated in the examination approached the Calcutta High Court to demand the immediate release of results.

In 2019, a Single-Judge Bench led by Justice Rajasekhar Mantha ordered that vacant posts to be filled within 14 days. The WBMSC challenged this order at the Division Bench.

Although the Division Bench upheld the Single-Judge’s order, the WBMSC sought extensions and continued to delay announcing the results.

Finally, on Thursday, the Division Bench mandated that they completed the recruitment process within three months, allowing no further extensions.

They imposed the penalty due to the WBMSC’s failure to meet the court’s deadlines for completing the recruitment process.

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