Summary:
Ranchi, Jan 24 (PTI) The High Court of Jharkhand on Monday ordered the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) to furnish information whether reservation was granted to candidates appearing in the 7th JPSC preliminary examinations held last year.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad also sought a report from JPSC on how many candidates of the reserved category have been selected in the general category.
The bench, hearing a petition filed by Kumar Sanyam also ordered the public service commission to give details of category wise seats by way of an affidavit before the court.
The bench was informed that no details of reservation were published in the advertisement published for conducting the preliminary examination by the Commission.
Advocate Amritansh Vats while arguing the case claimed that the government does not have any policy of reservation for candidates appearing in the preliminary examinations.
He further said that there were 114 seats in the general category and as per the norms, the results should have been 15 times the allotted seats.