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RANCHI: Jharkhand government on Saturday notified compulsory retirement of 12 district judges on the recommendation of the Jharkhand high court Secretary of personnel and administrative reforms department Nidhi Khare said: "The judicial officers were marked by the high court for their dubious conduct and, on the issue of probity, they were given compulsory retirement," she said. She added that all the 12 judicial officials have been given three month's salary and reimbursements.Sources in the state government said the decision was taken after the high court wrote to the state government in this regard. The judicial officers who have been given compulsory retirement include district and additional sessions judges Anil Kumar Singh (Lohardaga), Girish Chandra Sinha (Daltonjanj), Girijest Kumar Dubey (Garhwa), Om Prakash Srivastav (Pakur), Rajesh Kumar Pandey (Latehar) and Umeshanand Mishra (Latehar).The list also includes chief judicial magistrates Ram Jiyavan (Chaibasa) and Ramjit Yadav (Sahibganj). Other names are Ashok Kumar Singh, secretary of District Legal Services Authority in Garhwa, Arun Kumar Gupta, number 2 principal judge of family court in Godda, Rajnandan Rai, presiding officer at labour court in Hazaribag, Yashwant Kumar Sahi, district and additional session's judge-cum-special judge of fast track court (rape cases), Garhwa..