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**SSC Exam Faces Cancellation Threat Over Rule Changes, Lawyer Warns**
**Kolkata:** This year’s School Service Commission (SSC) exam faces a potential cancellation after the publication of revised recruitment rules. Advocate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, representing job aspirants in the case, has challenged the changes, arguing they deviate from the court-mandated 2016 guidelines.
The SSC released the recruitment rules for teacher appointments on Friday, following the Chief Minister’s announcement. These rules aim to fill vacancies from the cancelled 2016 panel. However, significant alterations to the exam structure have sparked controversy.
Key changes include an increase in the written exam’s total score from 55 to 60. The weightage for academic qualifications has been reduced from 35 to 10. While the personality test remains at 10 marks, it’s now divided into interview (10), teaching skills (10), and experience (10).
Bhattacharya claims the changes violate court orders to conduct the recruitment process according to the 2014 and 2016 rules. He warned that any deviation could lead to the entire process being invalidated by the court. He stated, “The state government is inviting danger by stepping outside the 2016 recruitment process rules. The entire process will be cancelled again in court. Those who lost their jobs due to the state government’s corruption in the 2016 recruitment process…no one else has the right to that job.”
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