WBJEE 2025 Delayed Result: Calcutta High Court Interim Order Following OBC Quota Cause Student Uncertainty

Release of the WBJEE 2025 results has been put off, leaving thousands of hopefuls in suspense and uncertainty about their professional life. The reason behind the delay lies in a pending court case related to OBC-A and OBC-B reservation regulations in West Bengal.

Over 1 lakh West Bengal and other state students write WBJEE annually, which is the state's chief entry test for undergraduate courses in engineering, pharmacy, technology, and architecture. But the uncertainty regarding declaration of result, which has been prevalent so far, has infuriated students and parents on a large scale.

The waiting is an aftermath of a Calcutta High Court direction for an interim stay on implementing the recent West Bengal government notifications related to OBC-A and OBC-B category reservations. The division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Rajasekhar Mantha ruled that all executive orders made between May 8 and June 13, 2025, regarding these two categories, would be suspended till July 31, 2025.

Although the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) has not made it legally official that the reason for the delay lies in legal procedures, the connection is likely possible because WBJEE results are accompanied by category-wise ranking and affect admissions under reserved quotas directly.

On 15th May, WBJEEB Chairperson Sonali Chakraborty signaled the results declaration may be put back because of ongoing legalities, but no such official announcement has been issued as yet.

Greater Student Outrage on Social Media

As the other exam counselling procedure has also been standardized at the national level, candidates sitting for WBJEE 2025 are limited and anxious. Social media has seen an outburst of messages from students requesting assistance and seeking openness from the board.

One of the commentors wrote, "Approximately 1 lakh students are eagerly awaiting WBJEE results. All are perturbed as counselling has begun elsewhere. The delay is disturbing our academic calendar. Please take steps."

Another user wrote, "We humbly request authorities to act at the earliest to rectify the result delay and relieve deserving students."

A third said, "WBJEE results are yet to be declared. Board has not officially updated. Request the Hon'ble Chief Minister to take intervention."

Another one said, "WBJEE 2025 results are pending and JOSAA counselling is underway. Thousands of students of West Bengal are in suspended animation. As again and again requested, the board is tight-lipped."