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Dr Rekha Roy v. the Secretary Jharkhand Public Service Commission

Jharkhand HC9 Feb 2026WPC/251/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Writ petition dismissed as infructuous; no subsisting cause of action; cancellation of JPSC Adv. No.15/2022 for Assistant Professor (Psychiatric Social Work), RINPAS; press communiqué Memo No. 1709 dated 05.07.2024; counter affidavit dated 12.08.2024; Dr. Rekha Roy; Jharkhand Public Service Commission; RINPAS; State of Jharkhand; High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi; Justice Rajesh Kumar; W.P.(C) No. 251 of 2023.

What did the court decide?

Following JPSC's cancellation of Adv. No.15/2022, there is no subsisting cause of action in the writ petition. ¶18

Dr Rekha Roy Vs the Secretary Jharkhand Public Service Commission — Jharkhand HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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2026:JHHC:3364

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI

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W.P.(C) No. 251 of 2023

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Dr. Rekha Roy, Aged about 47 years, W/o Ravindra Kumar Singh, Resident of Kunti Kunj, New Nagra Toli, P.O.- G.P.O., P.S.- Lalpur, District- Ranchi (Jharkhand)

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…....... Petitioner(s) Vrs.

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1.The Secretary, Jharkhand Public Service Commission, Office at Circular Road, P.O.- G.P.O, P.S.- Lalpur, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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2.The Examination Controller, Jharkhand Public Service Commission, Office at Circular Road, P.O.- G.P.O, P.s.- Lalpur, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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3.The Principal Secretary, Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, Government of Jharkhand, Ground Floor, Nepal House, Doranda, P.O.-P.S.- Doranda, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand

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4.The Director, RINPAS, Kanke, P.O. & P.S.- Kanke, District- Ranchi, Jharkhand

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5.The State of Jharkhand .......... Respondent(s)

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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR

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For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajiv Kumar Karan, Advocate For the Resp.-JPSC : Mr. Pravin Kr. Pandey, Advocate Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate

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06/09.02.2026 In compliance of order dated 20.022023 counter affidavit has been filed by the respondent-JPSC. The relevant para 12 of the said counter affidavit dated 12.08.2024 reads as under:

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“12. That it is humbly stated and submitted that the advertisement vide Adv. No.15/2022 for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor (Psychiatric Social Work) in Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS) has cancelled by commission due to the nonreceiving of sufficient No. of application form accordingly commission has issued press communiqué vide Memo No. 1709 dated 05.07.2024 and same has uploaded on the commission's website.”

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W.P.(C) No. 251 of 2023

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2026:JHHC:3364

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