PRAMOD KUMAR RANA Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD the counsel for the parties.

(2.) PETITIONERS in these applications have prayed for the issuance of an appropriate writ directing the respondent Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) to forthwith issue provisional admit cards to the petitioners to allow them to appear at the examination scheduled to be held on 10th August, 2008 for selection for their appointment on the post of Primary Teachers.

(3.) LEARNED counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent -JPSC, as also the learned counsel for the State explain that as a matter of fact, after first advertisement, a second advertisement was published on 21.9.2007 in terms of which certain amendments were made in the previous advertisement relating to the eligibility criteria, and other particulars, etc. In the second advertisement, it was categorically stated that the applicants must mention one language corresponding to the district opted by the candidate. It was also specifically mentioned in the revised advertisement that those candidates who had applied earlier in response to the first advertisement have to apply afresh and that applications there for were to be obtained from the offices of the Deputy Commissioners/District Superintendents of Education of the concerned districts. In the instant case, the applications filed by the petitioners do not contain the essential' requirement of the language and therefore their applications were rightly rejected.