The Jharkhand High Court on Friday (August 21, 2026) stayed the notifications cancelling the appointments of Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) and those recruited through the JSSC-CGL examination.

The court had on Wednesday (August 19) stayed the notifications cancelling the 11th and 13th Jharkhand PSC exams.

"The court today stayed operation of the notification cancelling recruitments through Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission-Combined Graduate Level examination (JSSC-CGL), besides the one cancelling the appointments of CDPOs," petitioner's counsel Indrajit Sinha told PTI.

Amid a 25-day agitation over alleged recruitment irregularities, the JMM-led government on August 18 cancelled 22 exams and ordered a probe into 23 others conducted since 2014.