Bahura Oraon And Anr. v. State Of Jharkhand And Ors.
(Service) Writ Petition – Recruitment – Appointment as Police Constable (Jharkhand Armed Military Police)
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P. (S) No. 1294 of 2016, High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, decided 14.02.2025 by Anubha Rawat Choudhary, J. Petitioners Bahura Oraon and Jagannath Oraon sought mandamus for consideration for appointment as Police Constable, Jharkhand Armed Military Police under Adv. No.02/11, claiming around 200 vacant seats. Petition dismissed: counter affidavit dated 04.07.2017 showed petitioner no.1 secured 25/100 in regional language against 30% qualifying requirement, petitioner no.2 secured 25 marks against 32 of the last selected candidate, and pre-2014 vacancies were valid only six months from final result; no rejoinder filed; pending I.A. closed. No advocate appeared for petitioners; respondents represented by Mr. Saurav Mahto, A.C. to G.P. II. No statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Taking into account the stand taken by the respondents in their counter affidavit (petitioner no.1 having failed to secure the 30% qualifying marks in the regional language, petitioner no.2 having secured 25 marks against the 32 marks of the last selected candidate in his category, and pre-2014 vacancies being valid only for six months from publication of the final result), the court declined to issue the mandamus prayed for and dismissed the writ petition.