Jharkhand High Court stays notifications cancelling appointments of CDPOs, recruitment through JSSC-CGL exam

Jharkhand High Court stays notifications cancelling appointments of CDPOs, recruitment through JSSC-CGL exam "The court today stayed the operation of the notification cancelling recruitments through Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level examination (JSSC-CGL), besides the one cancelling the appointments of CDPOs, ".

Key points

• Against the backdrop of a 25-day agitation over alleged recruitment irregularities, the JMM-led administration on August 18 cancelled 22 exams and ordered a probe into 23 others conducted since 2014.
• The Jharkhand High Court on Friday (August 21, 2026) stayed the notifications cancelling the appointments of Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and those recruited through the JSSC-CGL examination.
• The court had on Wednesday (August 19) stayed the notifications cancelling the 11th and 13th Jharkhand PSC exams.

In practice, the Jharkhand High Court on Friday (August 21, 2026) stayed the notifications cancelling the appointments of Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and those recruited through the JSSC-CGL examination.

In practice, the court had on Wednesday (August 19) stayed the notifications cancelling the 11th and 13th Jharkhand PSC exams.

"The court today stayed operation of the notification cancelling recruitments through Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level examination (JSSC-CGL), besides the one cancelling the appointments of CDPOs, " petitioner's counsel Indrajit Sinha informed PTI.

For now, jharkhand High Court stays notifications cancelling appointments of CDPOs, recruitment through JSSC remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.