Jharkhand HC quashes government decision to cancel graduate-level recruitment exam
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The Jharkhand High Court on Friday quashed the state government’s decision to cancel the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level examination, The Hindu reported.
The examination, conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, was held under advertisement number 10/2023.
Justice Deepak Roshan also ordered the reinstatement of candidates selected through the examination, directing that their service be treated as continuous without interruption.
The court said the candidates would not be denied any service benefits because of the notification cancelling their recruitment.
On August 18, the state government had issued a notification cancelling 22 exams including the 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission, Child Development Programme Officer, and the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level examination. The decision followed weeks of student protests against alleged irregularities in the conduct of competitive examinations for government jobs.
The Chief Minister Hemant Soren-led government had also decided to postpone six other examinations, with the investigation into them handed over to the Crime Investigation Department.
On Friday, the High Court observed that it was “not impossible” to identify the guilty candidates in the matter, therefore, “instead of cancelling the entire examination and the appointments made on its basis, those involved in the irregularities can be identified through an investigation.”
The court also said the state government had failed to provide concrete evidence...