Dharmendra Kumar Barnwal, S/o. Late Ganesh Lal Barnwal vs State of Jharkhand

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2023 Supreme(Jhk) 935

SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY
Dharmendra Kumar Barnwal, S/o. Late Ganesh Lal Barnwal – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioners: Mr. Indrajit Sinha, Mrs. Ritu Kumar, Mr. Ankit Vishal, Mr. Subhashis Rasik Soren, Ms. Shobha Gloria Lakra, Mr. Shresth Gautam, Mr. Amit Kumar Sinha, Mr. Rajendra Prasad Gupta, Mr. Avishek Prasad, Ms. Kismanti Minj, (In person) Mr. Rajesh Kumar Tiwari, Dr. Shiv Bachan Tiwari, Mr. Ritesh Kumar Sahu, Mr. Amit Chandra Ghosh, Mr. Vineet Prakash, Mr. Tejo Mistri, Mr. Amit Kumar, Mr. Rabindra Kumar, Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Mr. Karamdeo, Ms. Sarweshwari Kumari, Mr. Ravi, Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Mr. Samavesh Bhanj Deo, Mrs. Satakshi, Mr. Kunal Chandra Suman, Mr. Ankit Anand, Mr. Saurabh Shekhar, Mr. Anurag Kumar, Mr. Shashank Saurav.
For the Respondents:Mr. Rajiv Ranjan, Advocate General, Mr. Sanjoy Piprawall, Mr. Prince Kumar, Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Mr. J.F. Toppo, G.A.-V, Mrs. Moushmi Chatterjee, A.C. to G.A.-V, Mrs. Rukmini Kumari, A.C. to S.C. Mines-III.
For the High Court : Mr. Amit Kumar Das, Mr. Sahay Gaurav Piyush.

JUDGMENT :

Shree Chandrashekhar, J.

Eighty-nine aspirants seeking appointment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) who crossed the age of 35 years as on 31st January 2023 are before this Court by filing thirty writ petitions seeking shifting of the cut-off date to 31st January 2019 as regards the upper age limit for making an application pursuant to Advertisement No.22 of 2023.

2. The said advertisement was issued on 14th August 2023 inviting applications for the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division). The last date for filing the online applications was 21st September 2023 but, before that, WP(S) No.4852 of 2023 was filed on 29th August 2023. This writ petition was taken up for hearing on 6th September 2023 and a direction was issued by the Hon’ble DB-I to the Registrar General to ascertain whether there has been any recruitment exercise in the last 5 years for appointment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division). By that time, other writ petitions also came to be filed and on 13th September 2023 this writ petition was listed along with WP(S) Nos.4669 of 2023 and 5081 of 2023.

3. On that day, the following order was passed by this Court :

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2023 Supreme(Jhk) 935

SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARYDharmendra Kumar Barnwal, S/o. Late Ganesh Lal Barnwal – AppellantVersusState of Jharkhand – Respondent

Cases Referred (5)

SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, ANUBHA RAWAT CHOUDHARY
Dharmendra Kumar Barnwal, S/o. Late Ganesh Lal Barnwal – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent