S.N. Pathak, J. - (1.) Heard learned counsel for the parties.
(2.) Petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer for quashing the decision of the respondents - State to recall the requisition and cancel advertisement for Graduate Level Combined Competitive Examination, 2015, cancelling the result of preliminary examination published in the press release dated 03.02.2017 of respondent no. 1 and 04.02.2017 of respondent no. 1. Petitioner has further prayed for a direction to go ahead with the recruitment process initiated by holding the mains examination as per Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission Examination Rule, 2015 so that uncertainty may not hamper career prospects of the petitioners who are selectees of the preliminary examination.
(3.) The facts of the case giving rise to the instant writ application is that on 28.12.2015, respondent no. 1 issued an advertisement being advertisement no. 14/2015 on the basis of certain requisition issued by the respondent no. 2, as mentioned in the advertisement, for filling up posts of (i) Block Supply Officer (ii) Block Welfare Officer (iii) Cooperative Extension Officer (iv) Secretariat Assistant (v) Circle Inspector. However, another corrected advertisement was issued for 4 different types of other posts i.e. (i) Block Agriculture Officer (ii) Assistant Research Officer (iii) Plant Conservation Officer (iv) Statistical Assistant. Thereafter, again corrected advertisement had been published which included certain other posts i.e. (i) Labour Officer (ii) Senior Auditor (iii) Industrial Extension Officer (iv) Fisheries Supervisor (v) Geological Analyst, etc. The petitioners are applicants for the Combined Graduate Level Competitive Examination for which different advertisement/ corrigendum etc. had been published. From perusal of para-10(Ka) of the advertisement, it appears that an Agriculture Degree Holder could have applied for other posts earlier advertised i.e. the 1st advertisement viz, Block Supply Officer, Block Welfare Officer etc. and likewise, Math Graduate/ Economics Graduate/ Graduate in Statistics/ B.Com/ B.CA/ Graduate in Food Technology etc. could have applied for the post of Block Supply Officer/ Block Weflare Officer/ Cooperative Extension Officer/ Secretariat Assistant posts.;