Breaking | Calcutta High Court Lifts Stay On Recruitment Of Civil Judge Candidates Who Qualified WBJS Exam 2022, Dismisses Pleas Challenging Process

In a breaking development, the Calcutta High Court has lifted the stay order on the recruitment of civil judges who qualified the West Bengal Judicial Services Exam, 2022.

Justice Arindam Mukherjee dismissed multiple pleas which had challenged the conduct of the exams.

Due to the pendency of the matter, the process of recruitment had been stayed by the High Court, and as a result, no civil judges had been appointed in the state of West Bengal from 2022 onwards. Even the candidates who had qualified the recruitment process after a preliminary exam, mains exam and interview, had been left in limbo due to non-appointment.

Lifting of the stay order paves the way for the appointment of civil judges in the state for the first time since 2022, and will thus alleviate the burden on the state's existing judicial infrastructure.

Background

The preliminary examination for the 2022 judiciary batch was held in March 2023, the mains exam was conducted in May 2023, followed by the interviews of the successful candidates in April 2024.

Even after the final list of selected candidates was published by the Public Service Commission (PSC) in May 2024, appointments to the various posts had not been made due to writ petitions filed before the High Court, challenging the conduct of the examinations.

The last stay order had been passed by the High Court on 16.12.2024.

A detailed order is awaited.