Jharkhand High Court Grants Relief to 191 Newly Appointed JSSC-CGL Officers

The Jharkhand High Court has granted relief to 191 newly appointed officers selected through the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) examination, putting a stay on the state government's order seeking to cancel the examinations and the appointments made on their basis.

The 191 candidates had approached the High Court challenging the state government's decision. Their petitions came up for hearing before a bench headed by Justice Deepak Roshan on Tuesday.

After hearing the matter, the court stayed the operation of the government's order and directed the state government to file its response in the case.

The petitioners were represented by former Advocate General of Jharkhand and senior advocate Rajiv Ranjan, along with senior advocate Dipankar Rai. The petitioners include Akash Gaurav and others, all of whom were selected and subsequently appointed through the JSSC-CGL examination process.

The court's intervention provides temporary relief to the newly appointed officers, whose appointments had come under uncertainty following the government's decision to cancel the examinations and the appointments made thereafter.

The latest order comes a day after the High Court granted relief to another group of 284 petitioners who had challenged the state government's decision.

With both sets of petitions now before the High Court, the legality of the government's decision to cancel the examinations and subsequent appointments is likely to remain a significant issue until the court considers the matter in greater detail.

The court has sought the government's response before proceeding further with the petitions. The latest order, therefore, does not finally decide the validity of the JSSC-CGL examination or the appointments, but protects the petitioners from the immediate consequences of the government's cancellation order while the legal challenge is being heard.