JUDGMENT :

S.N. PATHAK, J.

1. Heard the parties.

Prayers made

2. Petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer for quashing the note given in the Final Remarks Statement (Annexure-9) issued in favour of the petitioner in which it has been made a final remarks that the candidature of the petitioner has been rejected in view of Clause 7(i) of Advertisement citing reason that she has submitted the residential certificate instead of caste certificate.

Petitioner has further prayed for direction upon the respondent-Jharkhand Public Service Commission (for short “JPSC”) to consider the caste certificate of petitioner and issue offer of appointment as she has obtained 574 marks, which is more than the last selected candidate under S.T. Category in the Combined Civil Services Examination, 2021.

Factual Matrix

3. The respondent-JPSC has issued advertisement no. 01/2021 for Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination, 2021. The petitioner being eligible in all respect had applied for appearing in the recruitment process under S.T. category. Thereafter, the petitioner appeared in the preliminary test in which he was declared successful and became entitled to appear in the mains examination. T