The Supreme Court hearing on a plea seeking a CBI investigation into JSSC-CGL recruitment irregularities has been rescheduled to September 16, after originally being set for September 11.
The case, Harishan Devgan v. State of Jharkhand, was pushed back due to security and administrative arrangements linked to the BRICS Summit in Delhi.
The JSSC-CGL exam itself was cancelled by the Jharkhand government on August 17, following a 24-day student protest over alleged irregularities in JPSC and JSSC recruitment examinations.
A Special Investigation Team probing the irregularities has questioned 37 suspects so far, while protesting students continue to demand a CBI probe, saying they do not trust the state CID’s earlier investigation.
No fresh JSSC-CGL exam date has been announced by the commission as of today, with aspirants advised to monitor the official JSSC website for updates.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren announced the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL exam on August 17, following a 24-day student agitation over alleged irregularities in JPSC and JSSC recruitment examinations.
The government also scrapped all examinations, results and selections associated with private examination agency TSR Data Processing Private Limited, known as TDPL.
Soren said investigations had indicated an interconnected network involving multiple companies operating within the recruitment examination system, and directed the state CID to investigate examinations dating back to 2014.
Student leader Devendra Nath Mahato ended a hunger strike in the presence of state ministers Dipika Pandey Singh and Irfan Ansari after the government agreed to the cancellation.
Protesting students’ central demand remains a CBI investigation into the recruitment irregularities, as they say they do not trust the state CID after its earlier probe into the JSSC exam.
A Special Investigation Team formed to investigate irregularities in the JSSC-CGL exam has questioned 37 suspects so far as part of its accelerated inquiry.
The Supreme Court case, titled Harishan Devgan v. State of Jharkhand, includes intervention applications filed by the JPSC JSSC Reform Manch seeking a CBI probe.
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