A section of teachers in West Bengal, who lost their jobs after a Supreme Court order, have written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Speaker Biman Banerjee, urging them to discuss and address their issue on the last day of the special session of the Assembly on September 4.They have also urged them to convene an all-party meeting to find out a possible way forward.

The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) would hold teacher recruitment exams on September 7 for classes 9-10 and on September 14 for classes 11-12.

On an order of the top court, the SSC on Saturday published a list of 1,806 'tainted' candidates who gained appointments in schools, allegedly through fraudulent means, from the 2016 panel and have been disqualified from taking a fresh test. Those deemed "eligible" were also asked to retake the examination, a decision that a section of the affected candidates opposes.