Ethics · 22 Aug 2026

Article 311 due process Jharkhand recruitment

With reference to the Jharkhand High Court's stay on the cancellation of 22 recruitment examinations, which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

AArticle 311 of the Constitution provides safeguards against arbitrary dismissal, removal or reduction in rank of persons employed in civil capacities under the Union or a State.
BThe High Court's order noted that appointees had been terminated without following any due process of law.
CThe cancelled recruitment examinations included JSSC-CGL, CDPO, JPSC and Food Safety Officer posts.
DThe State government had submitted its complete CID investigation findings to the High Court before the cancellation order, providing an evidentiary basis for the blanket cancellation.
This question is based on: 22 Exams, One Order, Hundreds of Untainted Careers Terminated Overnight
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Why in news

The Jharkhand High Court stayed the state government's August 18 order cancelling 22 recruitment examinations following a 25-day agitation over alleged malpractice, with a further hearing scheduled for September 15.

Why for UPSC

GS4 questions on live governance cases often test whether a candidate can distinguish a supported claim from an unsupported one in a fact pattern - here, correctly identifying that the evidentiary basis (CID report) was never actually placed before the court, unlike the other genuinely established facts of the case.

Prelims summary

The Jharkhand High Court stayed cancellation of 22 recruitment exams (including JSSC-CGL, CDPO, JPSC, Food Safety Officer) after finding appointees terminated without due process under Article 311 principles; the CID findings underlying the cancellation were reportedly never submitted to the court.

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