WBJEE Results: Board Asks SC, ST, OBC Candidates To Upload Caste Certificates By August 21
WBJEEB has directed SC, ST, and OBC candidates to upload caste certificates by August 21, following a Calcutta HC order on revising the merit list for OBC reservation.
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) has issued a fresh directive for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories, asking them to upload their caste certificates on the official website, wbjeeb.nic.in.
According to the board, the last date for submission of certificates is August 21, 2025, until 11:59 pm. The official notice states, 'SC/ST/OBC candidates are requested to mention their respective caste/ tribe/ community names, and upload their respective certificates through the window available in WBJEEB's websites from 18.08.2025 to 21.08.2025 (11:59PM)."
The move comes after the Calcutta High Court, on August 7, directed WBJEEB to release a revised merit list of examinees. The court had found that the earlier merit list published by the board did not align with its order regarding OBC reservation.
Justice Kausik Chanda, while passing the order, mandated that the fresh list must provide 7 percent reservation for the 66 classes of OBC candidates recognised by the West Bengal Backward Classes Department prior to 2010. He also directed that the entire exercise be completed within 15 days of the order.
The WBJEE 2025 examination was held on April 27 in two shifts—morning (11 am to 1 pm) and afternoon (2 pm to 4 pm).
In another shocking development for students, the West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee (WBMCC) has suspended the NEET UG 2025 round 1 admission process for MBBS and BDS courses 'till further order." The decision comes just two days before the scheduled release of the round 1 seat allotment result, leaving more than 11,000 medical aspirants in a state of uncertainty.
The announcement was made through an urgent notice on Monday, a day before the seat allotment was expected to be declared. This development follows the release of the revised provisional state merit list for the 85% state quota seats on August 16.
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