Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh on JPSC Over Rejection of Candidature

The Jharkhand High Court imposed a cost of 1 lakh on the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) and dismissed its appeal against a candidate seeking appointment as an assistant professor.

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The dispute arose when Manoj Kumar Kachhap, who had applied in 2018 for the assistant professor post, discovered on the day of his interview that the examination fee he paid had not been credited to the Commission's account.

Kachhap's application was accepted after initial document scrutiny, and he was cleared to sit for the written examination. However, at the time of the interview round, he was informed that "the fees deposited for the examination was not credited in the account of the commission, and therefore, his candidature could not be considered."

According to his petition, the Commission neither notified him in advance of the payment failure nor refunded the Rs 1,000 examination fee that Kachhap had remitted.