Jharkhand High Court on Monday directed the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) to take court’s permission before publishing the results of the ongoing Mains examination of Combined Civil Services Examination.
Issuing the directive in the case (LPA/399/2018) Pankaj Kumar Pandey v/s State of Jharkhand, the division bench comprising Chief Justice Anirudhha Bose and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary fixed February 25 for starting of detailed hearing in the case.
The bench also asked the appellant to publish notices in leading English and Hindi dailies and also in website of HC and JPSC by January 31 regarding the case so that people in support or opposition of the case may also appear in the proceeding. The HC is likely to take day-to-day hearing in the case from the scheduled date.
Representing the State Government Advocate General Ajit Kumar said the court ordered that the Mains examination, which has already started on Monday morning would proceed as scheduled. He added that before publication of the results the State Government has to take a go ahead from the court.
Senior lawyer RS Mazumdar, who appeared on behalf of the petitioner, stated he has challenged legality of the Mains examination being conducted by JPSC.
He added the JPSC published three results of preliminary examination at different dates. He said JPSC declared list of 5,138 persons in the first result, but sometime later State government made an amendment and published another list of totaling 6,103 candidates. He added six months later the JPSC published yet again issued a list which took the tally of eligible candidates to 34,364.
Mazumdar said he stated before court that Government cannot change the terms and conditions midway of examination process. He added that judgments of the Supreme Court were also put before the court today.