Daijiworld Media Network – Ranchi
Ranchi, Aug 19: Amid an ongoing CID/SIT probe into alleged irregularities in examinations conducted by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission (JSSC), the Jharkhand government has cancelled 39 examinations and postponed six others until further orders.
The decisions were announced through notifications issued on August 18, following the state government's recent move to cancel the JSSC Combined Graduate Level (CGL) examination and recruitment tests conducted by outsourced agency TSR Data Processing Pvt Ltd (TDPL) since 2014.
The cancelled examinations include recent recruitment tests as well as examinations conducted over the past several years.
Cancelled examinations
1. Recruitment for non-academic posts in universities – Advertisement 09/2025
2. Assistant Director/Senior Scientist (Backlog) – Advertisement 10/2025
3. Assistant Director/Senior Scientist (Regular) – Advertisement 11/2025
4. Drug Inspector – Advertisement 12/2025
5. Assistant Professor in Government Engineering Colleges (Backlog) – Advertisement 02/2026
6. Lecturer in Government Polytechnics/Women's Polytechnics (Backlog) – Advertisement 03/2026
7. Lecturer in Government Polytechnics/Women's Polytechnics (Regular) – Advertisement 04/2026
8. Assistant Professor (Super-specialist) in Medical Colleges – Advertisement 07/2026
9. Civil Judge (Junior Division) – Advertisement 22/2023
10. Assistant Conservator of Forests – Advertisement 03/2024
11. Forest Range Officer – Advertisement 04/2024
12. Assistant Public Prosecutor (Backlog) – Advertisement 05/2025
13. Assistant Public Prosecutor (Regular) – Advertisement 06/2025
14. Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination-2025 – Advertisement 01/2026
15. Combined Civil Services Examination-2025 (Backlog) – Advertisement 05/2026
16. Combined Civil Services Examination-2023 (Backlog) – Advertisement 06/2026
17. Food Safety Officer – Advertisement 18/2023
18. Child Development Project Officer – Advertisement 21/2023
19. Combined Civil Services Examination-2023 – Advertisement 01/2024
20. 5th Combined Civil Services Recruitment – Advertisement 06/2013
21. Civil Judge (Junior Division) – Advertisement 10/2015
22. Civil Judge (Junior Division) Special Recruitment – Advertisement 11/2015
23. Soil Conservation Officer – Advertisement 12/2015
24. Assistant Director (Agriculture)/Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer – Advertisement 03/2015
25. Assistant Director (Agriculture)/Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer (Backlog) – Advertisement 04/2015
26. Food Safety Officer – Advertisement 01/2016
27. Dentist (Basic Cadre) – Advertisement 02/2016
28. Combined Civil Services Examination (Backlog) – Advertisement 27/2017
29. Commercial Taxes (Limited) Examination – Advertisement 10/2010
30. Combined Civil Services Examination-2016 – Advertisement 23/2016
31. Geologist and Chemist Recruitment – Advertisements 01/2017 and 02/2017
32. Assistant Public Prosecutor – Advertisement 03/2018
33. Civil Judge (Junior Division) Regular – Advertisement 12/2018
34. Combined Assistant Engineer Recruitment – Advertisement 05/2019
35. Combined Civil Services Examination-2021 – Advertisement 01/2021
36. Dental Doctor Recruitment – Advertisement 01/2022
37. 6th Limited Deputy Collector – Advertisement 11/2018
38. Jharkhand Eligibility Test (JET) 2024 – Advertisement 08/2025
39. CGL Examination – Advertisement 10/2023
Six examinations postponed
The government has postponed the following six examinations until further orders:
• Food Analyst – Advertisement 05/2024
• Deputy Director, Prosecution – Advertisement 03/2025
• Project Manager and Equivalent – Advertisement 04/2025
• Inspector of Factories – Advertisement 01/2025
• Boiler Inspector – Advertisement 02/2025
• Director – Advertisement 07/2025
The government has also decided to approach the Jharkhand High Court seeking the constitution of fast-track courts to deal with cases involving alleged examination irregularities and misconduct in the JPSC and JSSC.
As part of the reforms, internal monitoring cells will be established within both commissions. The government will also constitute an examination reforms committee, which has been asked to submit its report within two months.
Chief Minister Hemant Soren had earlier announced the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL examination following protests by students. He also announced the cancellation of all examinations conducted by TDPL since 2014 and the results published by the agency.
Soren said the decisions were taken during a marathon Cabinet meeting chaired by him. The examination reforms committee will be headed by senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal.
The government said the measures are aimed at strengthening the examination system, ensuring transparency in recruitment and addressing concerns raised over irregularities in competitive examinations.