Jharkhand govt cancels 39 recruitment exams over irregularities, postpones 6 - check list

Amidst the ongoing CID/SIT investigation into irregularities regarding JPSC and JSSC examinations, the Jharkhand government has taken a major decision concerning 45 exams. According to notifications issued on August 18, 39 examinations have been cancelled, while six have been postponed until further orders. These include both recent recruitment drives and several earlier examinations. 

Here's the list of 39 cancelled exams 

1. Recruitment for non-academic posts in universities — Advertisement 09/2025
2. Assistant Director/Senior Scientist posts (Backlog) — Advertisement 10/2025
3. Assistant Director/Senior Scientist posts (Regular) — Advertisement 11/2025
4. Drug Inspector — Advertisement 12/2025
5. Assistant Professor in Government Engineering Colleges (Backlog) — Advertisement 02/2026
6. Lecturer in Government Polytechnics/Women's Polytechnics (Backlog) — Advertisement 03/2026
7. Lecturer in Government Polytechnics/Women's Polytechnics (Regular) — Advertisement 04/2026
8. Assistant Professor (Super-specialist) in Medical Colleges — Advertisement 07/2026
9. Civil Judge (Junior Division) — Advertisement 22/2023
10. Assistant Conservator of Forests — Advertisement 03/2024
11. Forest Range Officer — Advertisement 04/2024
12. Assistant Public Prosecutor (Backlog) — Advertisement 05/2025
13. Assistant Public Prosecutor (Regular) — Advertisement 06/2025
14. Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination-2025 — Advertisement 01/2026
15. Combined Civil Services Examination-2025 (Backlog) — Advertisement 05/2026
16. Combined Civil Services Examination-2023 (Backlog) — Advertisement 06/2026
17. Food Safety Officer — Advertisement 18/2023
18. Child Development Project Officer — Advertisement 21/2023
19. Combined Civil Services Examination-2023 — Advertisement 01/2024
20. 5th Combined Civil Services Recruitment — Advertisement 06/2013
21. Civil Judge (Junior Division) — Advertisement 10/2015
22. Civil Judge (Junior Division) Special Recruitment — Advertisement 11/2015
23. Soil Conservation Officer — Advertisement 12/2015
24. Assistant Director (Agriculture)/Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer — Advertisement 03/2015
25. Assistant Director (Agriculture)/Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officer (Backlog) — Advertisement 04/2015
26. Food Safety Officer — Advertisement 01/2016
27. Dentist (Basic Cadre) — Advertisement 02/2016
28. Combined Civil Services Examination (Backlog) — Advertisement 27/2017
29. Commercial Taxes (Limited) Examination — Advertisement 10/2010
30. Combined Civil Services Examination-2016 — Advertisement 23/2016
31. Geologist and Chemist Recruitment — Advertisement 01/2017 and 02/2017
32. Assistant Public Prosecutor — Advertisement 03/2018
33. Civil Judge (Junior Division) Regular — Advertisement 12/2018
34. Combined Assistant Engineer Recruitment — Advertisement 05/2019
35. Combined Civil Services Examination-2021 — Advertisement 01/2021
36. Dental Doctor Recruitment — Advertisement 01/2022
37. 6th Limited Deputy Collector — Advertisement 11/2018
38. Jharkhand Eligibility Test (JET) 2024 — Advertisement 08/2025
39. CGL Examination — Advertisement 10/2023.

List of 6 postponed exams 

• Food Analyst — Advertisement 05/2024
• Deputy Director, Prosecution — Advertisement 03/2025
• Project Manager and Equivalent — Advertisement 04/2025
• Inspector of Factories — Advertisement 01/2025
• Boiler Inspector — Advertisement 02/2025
• Director — Advertisement 07/2025. 

Additionally, the government has also decided to request the High Court to constitute fast-track courts for cases involving irregularities and misconduct in the JPSC and JSSC, to establish internal monitoring cells within both commissions, and to set up a committee for examination reforms. The committee is required to submit its report to the government within two months.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday announced the cancellation of the JSSC-CGL exam and all job tests conducted by outsourced agency TDPL since 2014. The decision was taken at a marathon meeting of the cabinet chaired by Soren. "The government has decided to cancel the Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level (JSSC-CGL) exam, which was one of the major demands of the protesting students. We have also decided to cancel all tests conducted by outsourced agency TDPL (TSR Data Processing Pvt Ltd) and the results published by it," Soren said after the cabinet meeting. He also announced the formation of an examination reforms committee headed by senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal. 

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