Kolkata, 16 July (H.S.) :

The Calcutta High Court has paved the way for long-awaited recruitment to Group-D posts in West Bengal’s Madrasahs, ending a 15-year legal deadlock. In a significant ruling on Wednesday, Justice Partha Sarathi Sen directed the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission to complete the recruitment process initiated in 2010.

The court has ordered the Commission to publish the final results of the recruitment examination within the next 21 days. It further instructed that the appointments must be made strictly in accordance with the recruitment rules that were in force in 2010.

There are currently 292 Group-D vacancies in Madrasahs across the state. These positions were first advertised during the Left Front government in 2010, and the initial examination was conducted in 2011. However, following allegations regarding irregularities, the Commission conducted a re-examination, which led to a series of legal petitions and a prolonged judicial process.

Due to the legal entanglements, the recruitment remained stalled for over a decade, leaving successful candidates without appointments. Senior advocates Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Firdaus Shamim, and Sumansankar Chattopadhyay represented the petitioners who had cleared the exams and were awaiting their appointments.

With this order, nearly 300 vacancies are now expected to be filled, offering long-overdue relief to hundreds of candidates who have been waiting for over 15 years to begin their careers in the state’s Madrasah education system.

Hindusthan Samachar / Satya Prakash Singh