Parimal Kumar vs State of Jharkhand

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2025 Supreme(SC) 255

J. K. MAHESHWARI, RAJESH BINDAL
Parimal Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Nring Chamwbo Zeliang, Adv. Ms. Anu Priya Nisha Minz, Adv. Ms. Jyoti Fertiyal, Adv. Mr. Niranjan M., Adv. Ms. Mallika Agrawal, Adv. Mr. Pushkar Dwivedi, Adv. Mr. Mayank Kohli, Adv. Mr. Raj Shukla, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Sinha , AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Ms. V Mohana, Sr. Adv. Mr. Sahil Bhalaik, AOR Mr. Amritansh Vats, Adv. Mr. Tushar Giri, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Anil Khanna, Adv. Mr. Ritik Arora, Adv. Mr. Shivam Mishra, Adv. Ms. Shivani Vij, Adv. Ms. Gulshan Jahan, Adv. Ms. Oishi Das, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Murshlin Ansari, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Tulika Mukherjee, AOR Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Deepak Raj, Adv. Mr. Mandeep Kalra, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Yadav, Adv. Ms. Anushna Satapathy, Adv. Ms. Radhika Jalan, Adv. Mr. Yashas J, Adv. Ms. Widaphi Lyngdoh, Adv. Ms. Anchita Nayyar, Adv. Ms. Shefali Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Tushar Arora, Adv. Ms. Vivya Ngpal, Adv. Mr. Ekansh Bansal, Adv.

Table of Content
1. high court judgment on eligibility (Para 2)
2. background of the case (Para 3 , 4 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
3. rte act and ncte guidelines (Para 5)
4. high court's interim order (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26)
5. court's reasoning on eligibility (Para 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64)

JUDGMENT :

1. Leave granted.

3. The instant appeals arise out of the judgment dated 20.12.2023 of the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, permitting the private respondents who were residents of Jharkhand and cleared the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (the “CTET”) or neighbouring states’ Teacher Eligibility Test (the “STET”) to participate in the recruitment process for the post of Assistant Teacher in Primary and Upper Primary schools in the State of Jharkhand in furtherance to Advertisement No. 13 of 2023. The appellants have cleared the Jharkhand Teacher Eligibility Test (the “JTET”) and are challenging the participation of the private respondents in the said recruitment process.

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2025 Supreme(SC) 255

J. K. MAHESHWARI, RAJESH BINDALParimal Kumar – AppellantVersusState of Jharkhand – Respondent

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J. K. MAHESHWARI, RAJESH BINDAL
Parimal Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent