Calcutta High Court cancels OBC certificates issued under revised rules by TMC government

The Calcutta High Court has annulled all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued under the revised rules established by the outgoing Trinamool Congress administration in West Bengal, according to a Wednesday ruling.

In 2025, the then state government, under the TMC leadership, announced the issuance of OBC-A and OBC-B category certificates from May 8 to June 12 of that year. However, the court has now pronounced these certificates invalid and cancelled them, as the OBC-A and OBC-B classification no longer exists following the abolition of the category by the current BJP government.

The court's division bench, comprising Justices Rajasekhar Mantha and Anuj Singh, reached this decision while considering a case filed by JEE Mains candidate Shreyasi Dhang. Dhang had challenged her classification as General rather than OBC after appearing for the JEE Mains-UG examination for Nursing-Paramedical in 2026. The exam results revealed her name in the General category instead of OBC. The court stated that all certificates issued under OBC-A and B categories since last year are now deemed cancelled.