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  "id": 693658,
  "title": "Calcutta High Court cancels OBC certificates issued under revised rules by TMC government",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/calcutta-high-court-cancels-obc-certificates-issued-under-revised",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T18:58:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/calcutta-high-court-cancels-obc-certificates-issued-under-revised-rules-by-tmc-government-10830591/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nIn 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.\n\nThe 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.",
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