Jharkhand High Court Stays State Government’s Decision to Cancel JSSC-CGL Exam
The court said the cancellations violated natural justice and gave interim relief to about 450 affected candidates.
- On Thursday, the Jharkhand High Court stayed the Hemant Soren-led government's order cancelling the 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission examinations, providing relief to newly appointed officers who challenged the decision.
- Findings from a Crime Investigation Department probe led officials to cancel 22 recruitment examinations and investigate 23 others amid allegations of irregularities in the state's hiring process.
- Advocate Amritansh Vats argued the cancellations violated natural justice, leading Justice Deepak Roshan to stay the notifications and provide relief to around 450 candidates.
- The court directed the state government to file a counter-affidavit within 15 days, temporarily halting the impact of cancellations that followed a 26-day student agitation demanding accountability.
- A committee under senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal will suggest reforms in examination conduct, though the legal status of affected recruitments remains subject to further judicial review.
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Jharkhand HC stays cancellation of recruitment through JSSC-CGL
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday, August 21, stayed the notifications cancelling the appointments of Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and those recruited through the JSSC-CGL examination. The court had, a day ago, stayed the notifications cancelling the 11th and 13th Jharkhand PSC exams, besides putting a clamp on the order cancelling the appointments of food safety officers. “A bench of Justice Deepak Roshan today stayed the…
JPSC Exam Cancellation Row: How the Hemant Soren govt betrayed lakhs of Jharkhand aspirants to crush a 26-day protest
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government is facing sharp criticism from protesting students after the Jharkhand High Court stayed its order cancelling the 11th to 13th JPSC Civil Services examinations and appointments. Student leaders have accused the Hemant Soren government of deliberately misleading lakhs of aspirants and using the cancellation announcement to bring their prolonged protest to an end. The students’ anger stems not merely from the High …
India: Students force gov’t to cancel corrupt public service exams in Jharkhand
Following ongoing protests by students in India’s Jharkhand state, the state government was forced to cancel the corrupted state public service graduate recruitment exam and all recruitment tests conducted by outsourced agency TDPL in the past 12 years, reports Susan Price.
Jharkhand High Court stays Hemant Soren-led govt's order to scrap JPSC exams; 450 candidates get relief
The high court passed the interim order while hearing several petitions filed by the newly appointed candidates against the Jharkhand government's decision. The court has directed the state government to submit its response by 15 September.
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