JUDGMENT :

H.C. Mishra, J.

Heard learned counsels for the appellants and learned Addl. Advocate General for the respondent State of Jharkhand, as also learned counsel for the State of Bihar in all these appeals.

Facts of LPA No.282 of 2015 and analogous matters.

2. The appellants in LPA No.282 of 2015 and its analogous matters, (except LPA No. 80 of 2018), are aggrieved by the impugned Judgment dated 30.01.2015, passed by the Hon'ble Singh Judge in W.P. (S) No.3737 of 2008 and its analogous matters.

3. All these appellants were appointed as constables, on the posts reserved for S.C. / S.T. / O.B.C., in Jharkhand Police, after bifurcation of the State of Jharkhand from the erstwhile State of Bihar. After about three years of service, their services were terminated on the ground that they were the permanent residents of the State of Bihar, and had produced the caste certificates issued by the authorities in the State of Bihar. Subsequently, it was found that after bifurcation of the State of Bihar, they could not be given the benefits of reservation on the basis of the caste certificates issued by the authorities of their respective districts in the State of Bihar, and accordingly, by the