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Jharkhand students call Soren govt 'deceitful' after HC stays job cancellations
Jharkhand HC stays cancellation of JPSC appointments. Student leaders accuse Soren govt of deceit, saying it failed to defend its own decision in court. Protests continue.
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Student leaders protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand's recruitment exams on Thursday accused the Hemant Soren government of "deceit" after the Jharkhand High Court stayed its decision to cancel appointments made through the 11th and 13th JPSC examinations.
The high court's interim order allows selected candidates to keep their posts while it hears petitions challenging the government's cancellation notifications. Justice Deepak Roshan gave the state until September 15 to file a reply and warned that anyone found guilty of foul play would lose their job.
Ravindra Paswan, one of the protesting student leaders, said the government had accepted their demands and announced an investigation, but failed to defend that decision in court. "The commitment made to us by the govt, that all our demands have been accepted, that exam has been cancelled and that there will be a proper investigation – we did not see this intent of the govt today," Paswan told ANI.