The Calcutta High Court on Friday issued an interim stay on the previous order that resulted in the termination of jobs for approximately 32,000 teachers in government-sponsored and -aided primary schools in West Bengal. The stay will remain in effect until the end of September or until further orders, as directed by a division bench presided over by Justice Subrata Talukdar.

The single bench, on May 12, had ordered the cancellation of the appointments of around 32,000 candidates who were recruited as primary teachers in 2016 through a selection process based on the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) conducted in 2014. The candidates had not completed their teacher training at the time of recruitment.