Five years. Zero appointments. Dulali Hemram cleared her teaching exam in 2017. By 2018, she’d passed interviews and document checks. But instead of a posting letter; she got court cases. The State Level Selection Test panel expired in 2019. In 2022, the state tried to fix it; creating 1,600 new posts. Then, in 2025, the High Court cancelled those too. Now 36, she’s stuck in legal limbo… spending hard-earned money on travel to Kolkata, looking after her parents and autistic brother, surviving on odd jobs. She’s not alone. Sheikh Jamal, 45, cleared the same process; now drives for hire. He’s running out of time. The age limit extension? Only valid for 2 years. He’s already hit it. The new BJP government promises 1 lakh jobs; 50,000 in schools. But with 5.8 lakh applicants for 35,726 teaching vacancies, the real battle isn’t just against corruption… it’s against time. For thousands like Dulali and Sheikh, the dream isn’t just delayed; it’s slipping away.