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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI L.P.A No.538 of 2025

1. The State of Jharkhand through the Chief Secretary, Government of Jharkhand having office at Project Building, Dhurwa PO Dhurwa PS Jagarnathpur District Ranchi.

2. The Principal Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy, Government of Jharkhand, having office at Project Building, Dhurwa, P.O. Dhurwa, P.S.

Jagarnathpur, District Ranchi.

3. The Director, Secondary Education, Government of Jharkhand, having office at Project Building, Dhurwa, P.O.

Dhurwa, P.S. Jagarnathpur, District Ranchi.

… … Respondents/Appellants Versus

1. Abhijeet Kumar Sinha Son of Late Devendra Kishore Prasad aged about 42 years resident of: Ramnagar Road, Near Immanbara, PO: Boddom Bazar, PS: Sadar Hazaribagh (Jharkhand).

Writ Petitioner/ Respondent

2. The Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, through its Secretary, having its office at Chaibagan Gali, Kali Nagar, P.O. & P.S. Namkum, District Ranchi.

3. The Controller of Examination, Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, having its office at Chaibagan Gali, Kali Nagar, P.O. & P.S. Namkum, District Ranchi.

4. University Grants Commission (UGC), having office Bahadur Shahjafar Marg, New Delhi, P.O. & P.S.-New Delhi, District-New Delhi-110002 (Delhi)

5. National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE), having office at G-7, Sector 10, Dwarka, Near Metro Station, New Delhi, PO & PS: Dwarka, District New Delhi-

110075 (Delhi).

Performa Respondents/ Respondent with L.P.A. No. 376 of 2024 -------

1. The State of Jharkhand.

2. The Principal Secretary, School Education & Literacy Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi officiating from Project Bhawan, Dhurwa., P.O. Dhurwa, P.S.

Jagarnathpur, District Ranchi.

...Respondents/Appellants versus

1.Mukesh Ranjan, aged about 33 years, son of Shri Kouleshwar Das, resident of New Colony, Dipugarha, P.O.

Hazaribagh, P.S. Sadar, District - Hazaribagh.

……Petitioner/Respondent

2.The Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, Ranchi through its Secretary officiating from Chai Bagan, Kali Nagar, Namkum, P.O. & P.S. Namkum, District Ranchi.

3.The Examination Controller, Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, Ranchi officiating from Chai Bagan, Kali Nagar, P.O. & P.S. Namkum, District Ranchi.

... Respondents/Proforma Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRASAD -------

For the Appellants: Mr. Ashutosh Anand, AAG III Mr. Sahbaj Akhtar, AC to AAG III For the Res.-writ petitioners : Mr. Amritans Vats, Advocate Mr. Arpan Manjash Ekka, Advocate Mr. Amartya Choubey, Advocate Mr. Shivam Pathak, Advocate For the JSSC :Mr. Sanjoy Piprawall, Advocate Mr. Prince Kumar, Advocate Mr. Jay Prakash, Advocate For the NCTE :Ms. Kumari Ruchika, Advocate [AC to Ms. Kushboo Katuraka, Adv]

For the UGC : Mr. Atanu Banerjee, Advocate -------------------

C.A.V. on 6^th July, 2026 Pronounced on 06/08/2026 Per Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.

I.A. No. 13992 of 2025 in LPA No. 538 of 2025

1. The instant application has been filed for condonation of delay of 251 days in filing the appeal.

2. It has been submitted that the impugned order was passed on 22.11.2023 to which the appellant informed the Department and file was put up before the Under Secretary to examine the legal impact of outcome of order dated 22.11.2023 passed in W.P. (S) No. 5104 of 2023. On 10.01.2024, the Director of the Department was informed about the same requesting to take appropriate steps with respect to filing of appeal against order dated 22.11.2023 passed in W.P. (S) No. 5104 of 2023. The Director, after examining the record, forwarded the same to the Under Secretary for preparing grounds of appeal on 24.01.2024.

3. In the meantime, the JSSC, Ranchi was requested to provide necessary document so that appropriate steps be taken at the earliest.

4. On 01.02.2024, the case was put up before the Law Executive with a direction to prepare grounds of appeal. Accordingly, the grounds of appeal were prepared and the same was put up