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S. N. PATHAK
Mayank Kumar Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
S.N. PATHAK, J.
Heard the learned counsel for the parties at length.
Prayer
2. The petitioner has approached this Court with a direction upon the respondents, in particular respondent-JPSC, to evaluate his Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) answer sheet of General Studies (Paper-I), which relates to appointment on Class-II posts pursuant to Advertisement No. 01/2025 (Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Competitive Examination, 2023), so that he could appear in the Mains examination which is scheduled to be held from 22.06.2024 onwards, as the petitioner has obtained more marks than the cut off under the unreserved category as per his own calculation based on revised answer key uploaded by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission.
The Facts
3. Briefly stated, Advertisement No. 01/2024 was floated by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission inviting applications for Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Competitive Examination, 2023 from eligible candidates for appointment on Class-II posts. The petitioner being eligible in all respects applied for such appointment. Having found the application form of the petitioner to be in order, admit card was issued to appear on 17.03.2024 for prelimin
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