JPSC Exam Postpone: The Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has postponed the 7th State Administrative Service Main examination scheduled to be held from January 28 with immediate effect.
The Commission today told the High Court that it will review the results of the preliminary examination in the matter of reservation to various categories.
The Commission made a statement in this regard during the hearing on Tuesday in a division bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad on a petition seeking a stay on the seventh JPSC main examination.
Earlier, in the High Court, there was a hearing on the points of reservation in the preliminary examination in the 7th JPSC.
During the hearing, when the court sought a clear reply from the JPSC on the allegations of reservation being given in the preliminary examination also, the commission postponed the main examination for two weeks and sought time to submit its reply.
Accepting the request, the court granted two weeks' time to the commission and listed the matter for February 15.
The main examination of the Jharkhand Pradesh Public Service Commission scheduled to be held from January 28 has now been postponed with immediate effect.
Earlier on Monday, the court had heard an appeal filed against the grant of reservation in the 7th JPSC preliminary examination.
The court asked the Commission how many seats were there in the 7th JPSC, category-wise? Is reservation given in the preliminary examination or not? How many reserved category candidates have been selected in the general category? Commission had to respond on all these points.
A single bench of the high court had recently refused to stay the main examination. Single bench order has been challenged on the bench.
During the hearing, advocate Amritansh Vats, appearing for the petitioner, told the court, "Reservation has also been given in the preliminary examination of the seventh JPSC.
It was neither mentioned in the advertisement nor has the state government formulated a policy according to which the benefit of reservation can be given in the preliminary examination."
On June 16, 2021, in the case of Ghulam Sadiq, a division bench of the High Court in its order had said that according to the Jharkhand government, JPSC has no policy to give reservation in the preliminary examination. In 2015, in the case of Laxman Toppo, High Court had also said that the Jharkhand government's policy is not to give reservation in the preliminary examination.
In the debate on Monday, the petitioner said that there were 114 seats belonging to the general category.
According to the rules, fifteen times of its examinees should have been declared successful. In this way, 1710 candidates should have been selected in the general category, but only 768 candidates have been selected.
This shows that reservation was given in the preliminary examination.
The court has been requested to hold the main examination and cancel the result of the preliminary examination.
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