Archive · 24 Sep 2026
OBC quota cut forces revised SSC seat matrix
West Bengal is changing how some school jobs are divided among caste categories.
The OBC reservation has been reduced from 17% to 7%.
Because of this, the School Service Commission must prepare a new seat chart.
The overall number of jobs will not change.
Some seats earlier set aside for OBC-A candidates may become general-category seats.
Tests for the jobs were already held in March.
The results have not yet been announced.
Former non-teaching employees say the delay is causing serious financial hardship.
The School Service Commission will issue a revised vacancy list and category-wise seat matrix for Group C and D jobs.
The total vacancies remain 2,989 for Group C and 5,489 for Group D posts.
Seats earlier reserved for OBC-A are expected to move to the general or unreserved category.
The change follows the state government’s reduction of OBC reservation from 17% to 7% for 66 sub-groups.
Selection tests were held in March, but results remain unpublished, leaving some untainted former employees without salaries.
- Who
- The West Bengal Central School Service Commission, the state government, and candidates for Group C and D school jobs.
- What
- The commission will revise the category-wise vacancy list and seat matrix after the OBC quota was reduced from 17% to 7%.
- When
- The selection tests were held in early March; the revised vacancy notice followed the state’s May 18 reservation notification.
- Where
- Government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools in West Bengal.
- Why
- The seat matrix must be updated to reflect the state government’s new OBC reservation rules.
State quota implementation
Candidates and affected staff
Revising the seat matrix
State quota implementation
The state government and commission are implementing the 7% OBC reservation by issuing a fresh category-wise vacancy list, while keeping the total number of posts unchanged.
Candidates and affected staff
Candidates face uncertainty because the category allocation is being changed after the selection tests were held.
Delay in recruitment
State quota implementation
The commission must recast the vacancies and successful-candidate panels to comply with the new reservation rules.
Candidates and affected staff
Candidates say the delay in announcing results is causing financial hardship, particularly for non-teaching staff who have received no salary since April last year.
- Posts affected
- Group C and Group D non-teaching positions
- Reported vacancies
- 2,989 Group C posts and 5,489 Group D posts
- Previous OBC reservation
- 17% for OBC-A and OBC-B groups
- New OBC reservation
- 7% for 66 sub-groups
- Expected change
- OBC-A seats may be diverted to the general or unreserved category
- Selection tests
- Held in early March; results had not been announced
- Affected former staff
- About 3,500 non-teaching employees deemed untainted were required to take fresh tests