The Calcutta High Court has temporarily suspended the West Bengal government's revised OBC list, which included 140 sub-groups, citing procedural irregularities under the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993. This decision halts the implementation of the new list and related orders until July 31, pending a Supreme Court hearing.
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