WBJEE 2025 Results Delayed As Calcutta HC Orders Fresh Merit List Within 15 Days

WBJEE Result 2025: The announcement of the WBJEE 2025 results, previously scheduled for August 7, 2025, has been postponed once again after a Calcutta High Court directive. The delay comes amid ongoing legal proceedings involving the state government’s implementation of OBC reservations.

Justice Kausik Chanda, in a recent verdict, ruled that the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) had violated an earlier court order dated May 21, 2025, regarding OBC reservation policies. The merit list published was held to be non-compliant with the said previous directive.

New Merit List Ordered

The High Court has directed the preparation of a fresh merit list strictly according to its previous direction. The revised list should have 7% reservation for 66 OBC classes recognised by the West Bengal Backward Classes Department prior to 2010.

The court has given the WBJEEB a deadline of 15 days to complete this task. Justice Chanda instructed that the whole process of revising the merit list must be finished within two weeks from the date of the order.

The High Court also asked for compliance affidavits to be submitted by:

-The Registrar of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board,

-A senior official (not below the rank of Senior Special Secretary) from the West Bengal Higher Education Department.

These affidavits have to be submitted on the date of the next hearing, three weeks from now.

Background: Reservation Policy Controversy

The dispute arose over the WBJEEB's implementation of a new OBC reservation policy that took effect from June 10, 2025. This policy, however, was put on hold by a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on June 17, 2025.

Subsequently, on July 28, 2025, the Supreme Court made an interim ruling, reinstating temporarily the new policy until August 11. Despite this, the High Court determined that the WBJEEB's merit list was compiled in contravention of the May 21 directive, which still holds precedence.

Justice Chanda launched a suo motu proceeding after he received several email communications from candidates appearing for the WBJEE 2025 raising issues of the merit list and adherence to the court directives.

Published on: Friday, August 08, 2025, 10:42 AM IST