Pioneer News Service
Ranchi
The Jharkhand government’s decision to cancel examinations and related processes conducted by outsourcing agency TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL) was welcomed by protesting students on Monday, but the 24-day agitation is likely to continue as key demands remain unresolved.
The decision was taken at a special Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday evening, following weeks of protests by students and job aspirants over alleged irregularities in the state’s recruitment examination system.
However, leaders of the JPSC-JSSC Reform Manch said the government had not accepted all their demands. They said they would examine the Cabinet announcement before deciding on their next course of action.
“Nothing has been decided on the 11th to 13th JPSC examinations and our demand for a CBI inquiry also remains unfulfilled. Therefore, our agitation will continue until these demands are met,” said Manch leader Piyush Kumar Singh.
The government’s decision has also triggered concern among candidates who were selected through the JSSC-CGL process. Several successful candidates said they had secured their appointments following judicial intervention and now faced the prospect of losing their jobs.
“We were appointed following a High Court division bench ruling, and the Supreme Court had also upheld the process. Suddenly, we have become unemployed,” one of the candidates said.
The candidates said they were particularly concerned about those who had resigned from their previous jobs after being selected for government service.
“We are upset with the Chief Minister and appeal to him to reconsider the decision. What will happen to hundreds of candidates who resigned from their earlier jobs? We will approach the court again because we came here following the intervention of the courts,” the candidate said.
With students maintaining that several of their core demands remain pending and selected candidates preparing for another legal battle, the government’s announcement may have opened a new chapter in the recruitment examination controversy rather than bringing the prolonged agitation to an immediate end.
