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SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, ARUN KUMAR RAI
Sunil Tudu, s/o late Lakshman Tudu – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand, through the Chief Secretary – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Shree Chandrashekhar, A.C.J.
The petitioners are aggrieved by the framing of the “Jharkhand Rajya Police Appointment Rules, 2014” [“Jharkhand Rajya Police Appointment Rules, 2014” shall be referred to as ‘the Recruitment Rules of 2014’] superseding the provisions under the Jharkhand Police Manual for the selection and appointment of the Police Constables.
2. The petitioners in this batch of writ petitions are Home Guards, who can be broadly divided under three categories viz. (a) those who did not qualify for the Mains examination (b) those who were called for the Medical and Fitness tests and (c) those who are seeking age-relaxation. All of them have questioned the power of the State of Jharkhand and the legal foundation for framing the Recruitment Rules of 2014 on the ground that the Jharkhand Police Manual occupies the field of the appointment and selection of the Constables. A large number of the petitioners participated in the last recruitment exercises but could not make it to the final selection list and now they seek to challenge the appointment of the Constables on the ground that the recruitment exercises in the past were conducted in breach of the statutory provi
The Jharkhand Rajya Police Appointment Rules, 2014 are valid and do not violate constitutional provisions, affirming the employer's authority to set recruitment criteria.
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