HC Scraps Joint Entrance Merit List Over OBC Certification

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) to scrap its merit list and prepare a new one, citing irregularities related to Other Backward Classes (OBC) certification and reservations.

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A single bench of Justice Kaushik Chanda directed that the revised merit panel be prepared based solely on the pre-2010 list of 66 recognized OBC communities. The court gave the board 15 days to implement the order and an additional three weeks to file an affidavit confirming compliance, to be submitted by a senior special secretary-level official.

The merit list was scheduled to be published today, but the court's ruling has cast fresh uncertainty over the results. Justice Chanda reiterated that only the 7% OBC reservation quota, based on the pre-2010 list, will be valid for admissions.