The State of Jharkhand through Principal Secretary Human Resources Development Deptt Vs Kaushlendra Kumar

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

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C.M.P. No. 615 of 2018

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The State of Jharkhand through Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi having its office at Project Building, P.O. + P.S. Dhurwa, Dist. Ranchi.

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………. Respondent No.1 /Petitioner No.1

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Versus

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The Director, Higher Education, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Jarkhand, Ranchi, having its office at Project Building, P.O. + P.S. Dhurwa, Dist. Ranchi.

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………… Respondent No.2/ Petitioner No.2 Versus

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Kaushlendra Kumar Son of Sri Bangali Prasad Sinha Resident of Gandhinagar (West), Lane No. 01, Matwari, Hazaribag, P.O. + P.S. + District - Hazaribag.

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………… Petitioner No. 1/Respondent No. 1

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Dr. Indrajit Kumar Son of Sri Dilchand Prasad Resident of Gyan Vatika, Lane No. 5, Gandhinagar (East) Matwari, Hazaribag, P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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………… Petitioner No. 2/ Respondent No.2

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Dr. Ashish Kumar Saha Son of Sri Yogesh Prasad Englove Resident of C/o Ajay Enclave Block B Flat No. 302, Gandhinagar (MAIDAN) South Area, Matwari, Hazaribag, P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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... Petitioner No. 3/Respondent No. 3

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Dr. Vikash Kumar, Son of Late Raja Rajendra Prasad Resident of Akarshan Near Krishi Vigyan Medra Canary Hill Road, Canary Hill, Hazaribag, P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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………. Petitioner No. 4/Respondent No. 4

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Dr. Sarita Singh D/o Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh Resident of Near Old Fire Brigade, Hazaribag P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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... Petitioner No. 5/Respondent No. 5

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Dr. Krishna Kumar Gupta Son of Late Laxmi Prasad Resident of Rupa Bhavan, Ramnagar Chowk, Kadma Road, Hazaribag P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag. District-Hazaribag.

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…… Petitioner No. 6/Respondent No. 6

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Dr. Kedar Singh Son of Late Bishehswar Singh Resident of Anandpuri Beside St. Columbus College, Hazaribag P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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Petitioner No. 7/Respondent No. 7

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Dr. Rama Nand Pandey Son of Late Dasarath Pandey Resident of Marwari Mohalla, Chatra P.O. and P.S. Chatra, District- Chatra.

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………. Petitioner No. 8/Respondent No. 8

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Rajesh Kumar Son of Sri Jairam Prasad Resident of C/o Dr. R.C. Prasad New Karmik Nagar, Near DPS School, ISM, Dhanbad, P.O. ISM, P.S. Hirapur, District-Dhanbad.

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………. Petitioner No. 9/Respondent No. 9 1

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10.Dr. Kaushal Kumar Son of Sri Hira Lal Prasad Resident of MH-230/D Azad Nagar, Maithan, P.O. and P.S. and District- Dhanbad.

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………. Petitioner No. 10/Respondent No. 10

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11.Dr. Md Mokhtar Alam Son of Late Abul Kalam Resident of 729/B Second Street, Hindpiri, Ranchi, P.O. and P.S. Hindpiri, District- Ranchi. ………. Petitioner No. 11/Respondent No. 11

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12.Dr. Dipshikha Bhhatarcharya D/o of Late T.P. Sanyal Resident of Ramgarh College P.O. and P.S. Ramgarh, District- Ramgarh.

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………. Petitioner No. 12/Respondent No. 12

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13.Dr. S.M. Rizwan Ahmad Son of S.M. Habibullah Resident of Suleman Colony P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag. District- Hazaribag..

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…….Petitioner No. 13/Respondent No. 13

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14.Dr. Anuj Kumar Son of Late Sadanand Prasad Resident of Suprakash Benarjee Road, New Bargonda (New Colony) Giridih, P.O. and P.S. Giridih, District-Giridih.

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…….. Petitioner No. 14/Respondent No. 14

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15.Dr. Sunil Kumar Agarwal Son of Late Vijay Kumar Agarwal Resident of C/o Department of Commerce in front of Samrat Hotel, Gola Road, Ramgarh Cantt P.O. and P.S. Ramgarh, District- Ramgarh.

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……. Petitioner No. 15/Respondent No. 15

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16.Dr. (Mrs) Rekha Prasad D/o Late Dr G.M. Prasad Resident of Flat No. 308 Birendra Sudha Apartment, Burdwan Cómpound, Ranchi P.O. and P.S. Lalpur, District- Ranchi.

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... Petitioner No. 16/Respondent No. 16

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17.Mrs Ratna Pandey D/o Late P.N. Pandey Resident of C/o Mr S.K. Pandey, Mech Engineer Scientist, IINRG, Namkum Ranchi, P.O. and P.S. Namkum, District-Ranchi.

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……. Petitioner No. 17/Respondent No. 17

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18.Mrs Renu Bose Son of Late N.C. Bose Resident of Mrs Renu Bose, head P.G. Department, Home Science. V.B.U. Hazaribag, P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District-Hazaribag.

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……. Petitioner No. 18/Respondent No. 18

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19.Dr (Mrs) Rita Kumari D/o Late Sri Jyotish Chandra Prasad Resident of House No. 5, Lane No.1, West Gandhi Nagar, Near Matwari Chowk, Hazaribag P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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... Petitioner No. 19/Respondent No. 19

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20.Dr. Dhanewhwar Rajak Son of Late Parmeshwar Rajak Resident of Sakati Nagar, Behind Rajdoot Show Room, Road No. 28, Giridih P.O. and P.S. Giridih, District-Giridih.

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... Petitioner No. 20/Respondent No. 20

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21.Dr. Nakul Prasad Son of Late Ram Lakhan Sah Resident of Behind Radha Swasmi Market, Saw Para, Saraidhela, P.O. and P.S. Saraidhela, District- Dhanbad.

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……. Petitioner No. 21/Respondent No. 21

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22.Dr. Ravindra K.S. Choudhary Son of Sri K.P.S. Choudhary Resident of H/o Late RNP Gupta, 2nd Lane, 3rd House, Gandhi Nagar, West, Matwari P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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... Petitioner No. 22/Respondent No. 22

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23.Dr. Rakho Hari Prasad Son of Late Krishna Kumar Lall Resident of College Road, Hazaribag P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag. …….. Petitioner No. 23/Respondent No. 23

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24.Dr. Sukalyan Moitra Son of S.K. Moitra Resident of Opposite Doon Central School, Barkagaon Road, Hazaribag P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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…….. Petitioner No. 24/Respondent No. 24

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25.Dr. Mrs. Gayatri Sahu D/o Late Ram Das Sahu Resident of C/o Ram Prakash Prasad, Divya Electrical Near laxmi Cinema, Lepo Road, Hazaribag P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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………… Petitioner No. 25/Respondent No. 25

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26.Dr. Dipak Prakash Kunwar Son of Sri Sudhir Chandra Kunwar Resident of Sector 1/C Qr No. 1287, Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro P.O. and P.S. Bokaro, District-Bokaro.

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……… Petitioner No. 26/Respondent No. 26

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27.Dr. Ashok Kumar Mayi Son of Late Narendra Nath Mayi Resident of Sector XI/C Qr No. 3218, Bokaro Steel City P.O. and P.S. Bokaro, District- Bokaro.

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………… Petitioner No. 27/Respondent No. 27

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28.Dr (Mrs) Jyotsna Kumari D/o Late Ramjiwan Prasad Resident of 2A-2, Staff Colony, Kathara, Bokaro P.O. and P.S. Bokaro, District- Bokaro.

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………… Petitioner No. 28/Respondent No. 28

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29.Dr. Uma Majeswari Son of Sri P. Dhandapani Resident of Sector 4 F, Qr No. 2132 Bokaro Steel City, P.O. and P.S. Bokaro, District- Bokaro.

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………… Petitioner No. 29/Respondent No. 29

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30.Dr. Pravin Singh Son of Late Chandrika Singh Resident of 704, Urmila Tower, Bank More, Dhanbad P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad. …………. Petitioner No. 30/Respondent No. 30

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31.Dr. Pramila Choudhary D/o Late Dayanand Pd Jaiswal Resident of C/o Prof Dr L.K. Choudhary, Jora Phatak Road, Dhanbad, P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District-Dhanbad.

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………… Petitioner No. 31/Respondent No. 31

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32.Dr. (Mrs) Pushpa Kumari W/o Dr H. Kishore Resident of Hirak Ring Road, Kusum Vihar P.O. Koyla Nagar, Dhanbad, P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad.

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……. Petitioner No. 32/Respondent No. 32

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33.Dr. (Mrs) Seema Kumari Son of Sri Lakshmi Narayan Resident of Sri Narayan Mahot (Advocate), H.E. School Road, Vistipara, Hirapur, Dhanbad, P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad.

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………. Petitioner No. 33/Respondent No. 33

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34.Reeta Kumari Sharma Son of Prof R.N. Sharma Resident of Mahavir Nagar, Near Dhanbad, Dairy Farmm Bhuda, Dhanbad P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad.

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……….. Petitioner No. 34/Respondent No. 34

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35.Dr. Sanju Kumari D/o Sri Madhav Prasad Resident of SSLNT College Dhanbad P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad.

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... Petitioner No. 35/Respondent No. 35

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36.Dr. Ajit Kumar Son of Sri Ayodhya Prasad Resident of PKRM College P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District-Dhanbad.

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………… Petitioner No. 36/Respondent No. 36

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37.Dr. Kavita Singh D/o Late Ramdhani Singh Resident of C/o Late Kalwari Devi, Shastri Nagar(West) Dhanbad P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad.

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... Petitioner No. 37/Respondent No. 37

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38.Dr. (Mrs) Leelawati Kumari Son of Late Kanhai Ram Mahto Resident of B-19, Kusum Vihar, P.O. BCCL, Township, Koylanagar, Dhanbad, P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad.

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……….. Petitioner No. 38/Respondent No. 38

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39.Dr. Krishnanath Bandopadhyay Son of Late Rabindranath Bandopadhyaya Resident of 1/D Bibhuti Apartment, L.C. Road, Hirapur, Dhanbad P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, District- Dhanbad.

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………. Petitioner No. 39/Respondent No. 39

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40.Dr. Birendra Kumar Son of Late B.N. Choudhary Resident of Gali No. 4 Chiragora Professor Colony Dhanbad P.O. and P.S. Dhanbad, DistrictDhanbad.

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…………. Petitioner No. 40/Respondent No. 40

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41.Sunita Jaiswal D/o Baleshwar Bhagat R/o Qr No. K.D. 220 Sindri P.O. and P.S. Sindri, District- Dhanbad.

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………. Petitioner No. 41/Respondent No. 41

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42.Dr. Shiv Prasad Son of Late Rameshwar Prasad Resident of MH/230/G Azad Nagar Maithan P.O. and P.S. Maithan, District- Dhanbad.

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... Petitioner No. 42/Respondent No. 42

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43.Dr. Liyakat Ali Son of Md Suleman R/o Giridih College Compus, Giridih, P.O. and P.S. Giridih, District- Giridih.

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………. Petitioner No. 43/Respondent No. 43

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44.Dr. Humayun Ashraf Son of Aminul Haque R/o Flat No. 202 Sangam Apartment Block Sumanpura Raja Bazar Patna, P.O. and P.S. Patna, District- Patna.

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... Petitioner No. 44/Respondent No. 44

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45.The Vinoba Bhave University through its Vice-Chancellor, Hazaribag, P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District-Hazaribag.

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…………… Respondent No. 3/Respondent No. 45

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46.The Registrar, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag, P.O. and P.S. Hazaribag, District- Hazaribag.

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……….. Respondent No. 4/Respondent No. 46

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47.The Jharkhand Public Service Commission, through its Chairman having its office at Circular Road, Lalpur, P.O. and P.S. Lalpur, DistrictRanchi.

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... Respondent No. 5/Respondent No. 47

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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK ROSHAN

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For the Petitioner-State	:	Mr. Sachin Kumar, AAG-II
		Ms. Sweta Shukla, AC to AAG-II
For the JPSC	:	M/s. Sanjoy Piprawall, Prince Kumar,
		Rakesh Ranjan, Jay Prakash, Advocates

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For the V.B. University : Dr. A.K. Singh, Advocate Mr. Sharon Toppo, Advocate For the Resp. Nos. 27, 28, 35, 36 & 42 : Mr. Lalit Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondents : Mr. Rahul Kumar, Advocate ----------

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12/ 16.01.2026 Since the order has been complied by the State in accordance with the applicable rules and procedure and pay-fixation has also been approved, hence, the instant application for modification has become infructuous.

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2. Accordingly, the instant application stands dismissed as infructuous.

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(Deepak Roshan, J.)

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16^th January, 2026

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