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**Summary:**

The Calcutta High Court has temporarily blocked the West Bengal government from providing financial assistance to non-teaching staff who lost their jobs due to a Supreme Court ruling that deemed their selection process flawed. The court has instructed the government to submit its reasoning for the scheme and is expected to review the case further in September.

**News Article:**

**Calcutta High Court Halts West Bengal’s Aid to Dismissed School Staff**

**Kolkata, June 20, 2025** – The Calcutta High Court today issued an interim order restraining the West Bengal government from implementing a scheme to provide financial support to non-teaching staff who were dismissed following a Supreme Court judgment earlier this year. The Supreme Court had ruled the 2016 selection process conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission to be tainted, leading to the dismissal of approximately 26,000 teaching and non-teaching staff in government-sponsored and aided schools.

The state government had proposed providing ₹25,000 to Group C employees and ₹20,000 to Group D employees as a temporary measure to alleviate hardship. However, the High Court, under Justice Amrita Sinha, has put a hold on the scheme until September 26th or until further notice.

The court has directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit within four weeks, justifying the aid program in light of the concerns raised by petitioners opposing the payouts. Petitioners will then have two weeks to respond.

The state government had characterized the scheme as a humanitarian effort to provide limited livelihood support to distressed families affected by the Supreme Court’s decision, emphasizing that it was a temporary measure subject to court orders. The case remains under review.

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