HC halts med PG counselling, summons edu dept secy
Justice Kausik Chanda ordered that the state shall not take further steps in the admission process including counselling till Thursday.
Senior counsel for the JEE Board, Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, submitted that no further step would be taken in violation of the single bench order on May 21, 2025, until the stay application by the state was decided by the division bench against the single bench order.
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The examination was held on July 14, 2024, and the results were published on Nov 14.
Candidates moved the HC after the WBJEE Board could not hold the counselling.
The judge expressed "surprise and concern" at the manner in which the state acted in violation of the division bench order on May 22, 2024, despite the fact that no stay had been granted by the SC. Justice Chanda noted during the hearing that the examination was held when the old OBC norms were in force. Justice Chanda observed that nobody appeared to have taken note of it.
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