JUDGMENT :

Reetobroto Kumar Mitra, J.

1. These Writ Petitions have been filed by a group of candidates who claimed to be untainted. Hence they seek repatriation to their old post in which they were serving.

2. The short conspectus of facts in this case is as under:

i. The petitioners have participated in the State Level Selection Test, 2016 (hereinafter SLST 2016) for selection of Assistant Teachers of Classes 9, 10, 11 and 12. They were successful candidates and had been given employment.

ii. The SLST 2016 was challenged and was quashed and/or annulled by successive decisions of a Single Judge of this High Court, the Division Bench dated April 22, 2024, and then the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India by its judgment and order dated April 3, 2025.

iii. The petitioners pursuant to such direction had made representations for re-joining their previous posting including formal requests which were, however, not acceded to.

iv. The petitioners had thereafter participated in the State Level Selection Test, 2025 (hereinafter second SLST 2025), conducted in pursuance of the recruitment notification dated April 30, 2025 issued by the Commission.

v. Pursuant to the order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of I