Patna: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday (November 6, 2026) quashed the State government’s decision to cancel the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) exam, delivering relief to candidates who had been selected under the recruitment process.
The Order
A single-Judge bench of Justice Deepak Roshan set aside the State government’s decision to cancel the appointments made under the JSSC-CGL examination. The court held that the cancellation could not stand, restoring the selection process that the government had sought to annul.
Reinstatement Directed
The court ordered the reinstatement of the candidates selected under advertisement number 10/2023, directing that their service be treated as continuous, without any interruption. The direction on continuity is significant for the affected candidates, as it means their tenure will be counted as unbroken rather than being treated as a fresh appointment following the litigation.
Background and Next Steps
The JSSC-CGL examination is conducted by the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission to fill graduate-level posts across State government departments. The State government’s decision to cancel the exam had left selected candidates in limbo until the High Court’s intervention. The report did not specify the grounds on which the government had cancelled the examination, nor whether it intends to challenge the order further.
