The Jharkhand High Court is set to hear on Monday the petitions filed against the Jharkhand government's decision to cancel the advertisement issued for recruitment in various departments. The bench of Justice Deepak Roshan has listed all the related petitions for hearing together.
The government initiated the recruitment process through these advertisements, but no appointments have been made yet. The state government issued a notification on August 18, deciding to cancel 22 examinations, postpone the process for six, and place 17 examinations under scrutiny.
This government decision also includes advertisements based on which the recruitment process had already begun, but appointments had not yet been made. Several candidates and other applicants have filed petitions in the High Court challenging the government's decision.
The petitioners had requested the court for an early hearing on these matters on August 20. The court then fixed August 24 for a combined hearing of all the petitions.
JPSC 14th and CGL case also heard in Supreme Court
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will hear on August 24 a PIL seeking a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the JPSC's 14th Civil Services Preliminary Examination-2025 and CGL examination.
The case will be heard by a bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant. The petition was filed by social activist Harisharan Devgan through advocate Satyam Singh Rajput.
The petition alleges serious irregularities in the conduct and evaluation of the Civil Services Preliminary Examination conducted by the JPSC on April 19. The petition requests cancellation of the examination and a fresh examination, as well as an independent, impartial, comprehensive, and timely investigation of the entire matter.
Notably, the Jharkhand government on August 17 agreed to cancel all the examinations conducted by TSR Data Processing Pvt Ltd (TDPL) after 24 days of protests and hunger strikes by students. The recruitment advertisement cancellation was subsequently issued on August 18.