ORDER :

(Rajesh Shankar, J.) :

The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioners and allow them to participate in the counselling process to be conducted for the post of Assistant Teachers in view of the fact that the candidates, who have secured lesser marks than the petitioners, were called for counselling as well as to dispose of the present writ petition in terms with the judgment dated 16.02.2022 passed by this Court in W.P.(S) No. 2378 of 2019 [Paras Nath Mandal Vs. The State of Jharkhand & Ors.] and other analogous cases.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners, who are the para-teachers, had applied in 13 districts under para category. The petitioner Nos. 1 to 19 had applied for the post of Intermediate Trained Teacher as well as Graduate Trained Teacher (Class I to V & Class VI to VIII) and the petitioner Nos. 20 to 23 had applied only for the post of Graduate Trained Teacher (Class VI to VIII). However, they were not called for counselling from any of the districts, though several candidates having lesser marks than the petitioners have been called for counsellin