Jharkhand High Court restores the graduate level combined recruitment the State had cancelled

9 November 2026

The Jharkhand High Court has quashed the State notification in so far as it cancelled recruitment under the Jharkhand General Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination of 2023, conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission. The advertisement had filled a range of clerical, planning, labour and revenue posts in the State services. After protests over question paper leaks the government had cancelled twenty two examinations together in a single order. Justice Deepak Roshan found that cancelling this particular recruitment went against earlier orders of the High Court and of the Supreme Court, and held that an executive act cannot contravene a judicial order. The petitioners are to be treated as continuing in service without a break, with pay and other service benefits protected. Their appointments stay subject to the outcome of the criminal cases over exam malpractice, and the investigation is to run to its end.