On Wednesday, the Calcutta High Court emphasized that prioritizing the future of the nation is paramount over the interests of a limited number of individuals who purportedly secured employment in West Bengal government-supported schools through questionable methods.

While adjudicating petitions and appeals related to the purported irregular appointments, a division bench of the high court asserted that "one or two rotten apples make a whole box of the fruit go to waste".

Justice Debangsu Basak, leading a division bench, remarked that prioritizing the nation's future outweighs the concerns of a select few thousand individuals accused of obtaining positions in West Bengal government-supported secondary and higher secondary schools, both as teaching and non-teaching staff, through irregular channels.

Senior counsel Jayanta Mitra, representing a faction of individuals accused of securing positions through irregular methods, argued before the court that the report of the West Bengal School Service Commission concerning the appointments lacked credibility. Therefore, he contended that the service of those appointed approximately five years ago should not be revoked based solely on that report.

The bench, including Justice Md Shabbar Rashidi, noted that over 20 lakh candidates had participated in the recruitment examinations with the expectation that the appointment process would be conducted transparently.

The court said that it would take an appropriate decision after the completion of pleadings by all parties.

The division bench, established by the Chief Justice of the high court pursuant to a directive from the Supreme Court, was adjudicating petitions and appeals concerning the selection of candidates for appointments by the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) in various categories, including teachers for classes 9, 10, 11, and 12, as well as group C and D staff, for the year 2016.