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RAVI RANJAN, SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD
Arbind Wishwabandhu – Appellant
Versus
Jharkhand High Court through its Registrar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The instant writ petition is under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction for age relaxation to the writ petitioners in the recruitment of District Judge/Jharkhand Higher Judicial Service, as published by the Jharkhand High Court vide Advertisement No.01/2022/Apptt., in which, the age limit prescribed to fill up the form was 45 years and the cut-off date is to be calculated on 31st January, 2021 on the ground that no examination was held/conducted by the High Court in the year, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 due to institutional reason and due to the onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
2. The grievance of the writ petitioners, as per the pleading made in the writ petition is that they are being deprived from chance of consideration for their candidature for appointment as District Judge, which has been sought to be filled up by way of an advertisement published on 24.03.2022 to fill up 22 vacancies from eligible Advocates from the Bar.
The writ petitioners have claimed that now they have been deprived from participating in the process of selection since they have already crossed the maximum age of 45 years as on 31.01.2021. The writ petitioners, therefore, a
The High Court's administrative powers, rule-making authority, and the validity of age limits for judicial service examinations were central to the judgment.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the government had already increased the maximum upper age limit by two years and the concession granted by the Supreme Court in a similar cas....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the entitlement to age relaxation for appearing in recruitment examinations is subject to specific provisions and factual considerations, and ....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the court's authority to grant age relaxation by modifying the cut-off date in recruitment advertisements, based on the interpretation of the Jhark....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the State's decision in fixing the cut-off date for maximum age in accordance with the rules and the date of advertisement cannot be interfere....
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