IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI WP(S) No.350 of 2025 ----- 1. Niranjan Mahto, S/o Baleshwar Mahto, R/o village-Lohri, P.O.-Lami Patra, P.S.-Pandwa, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 2. Kundal Paswan, S/o Kamdeo Paswan, R/o village-Etawa, P.O. & P.S.-Haidarnagar, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 3. Pankaj Kumar Dubey, S/o Surendra Nath Dubey, R/o village & P.O.-Purwadiha, P.S.-Chainpur, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 4. Ravi Shankar Roy, S/o Late Ramdhani Roy, R/o village & P.O.- Rewali, P.S.-Katkamdag, District-Hazaribagh, Jharkhand 5. Nagendra Kumar, S/o Gupteshwar Prasad Gupta, R/o P.O. & P.S.- Rehla, District Palamau, Jharkhand 6. Anand Kumar Upadhyay, S/o Ravindra Upadhyay, R/o village- Chetma, P.O.-Chetma, P.S.-Patan, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 7. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, S/o Nand Kumar Tiwar, R/o village & P.O.- Harinamar, P.S.-Chainpur, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 8. Amit Kumar Singh, S/o Vinod Prasad Singh, R/o village & P.O.- Madrouni, P.S.-Rangra Chaok, District-Bhagalpur, Bihar 9. Shyam Sundar Singh, S/o Late Jagarnath Singh, R/o village- Kolbendi, P.O.-Khamarbendi, P.S.-Pindrajora, District-Bokaro, Jharkhand 10.Dwarika Prasad Mahto, S/o Harimohan Mahto, R/o village-Mithan Kita, P.O.-Chapri, P.S.-Thakurgangti, District-Godda, Jharkhand 11.Murli Vishwakarma, S/o Late Kamla Vishwakarma, R/o village & P.O.-Singra Khurd, P.S.-Daltonganj, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 12.Rajesh Kumar, S/o Vishwanath Prasad, R/o village & P.O.- Barepur, P.S.-Hussainabad, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 13.Shivnath Sharma, S/o Bishwanath Mistri, R/o village-Mahugain, P.O.-Asehar, P.S.-Panki, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 14.Mukesh Kumar Singh, S/o Baleshwar Prasad Singh, R/o village- Sirha, P.O. & P.S.-Untari Road, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 15.Rohit Kumar Singh, S/o Shyam Nandan Singh, R/o village & P.O.- Dariyapur, P.S.-Mufassil, District-Munger, Bihar 16.Jitendra Kumar Singh, S/o Ram Parikha Singh, R/o village & P.O.- Kataiya, P.S.-Dev, District-Aurangabad, Bihar 17.Rakesh Kumar, S/o Ram Pravesh Singh, R/o village & P.O.- Kapasiya, P.S.-Paraiya, District-Gaya, Bihar 18.Uday Pratap, S/o Late Ram Surat Prasad, R/o village-Korar, P.O. & P.S.-Basantpur, District-Siwan, Bihar 19.Ashish Kumar Singh, S/o Muni Singh, R/o village-Batsara, P.O.- Nawadiha, P.S.-Pandwa, District-Palamau, Jharkhand 20.Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, S/o Ram Lakhan Tiwari, R/o village- Chanderpur, P.O.-Tetrai, P.S.-Panki, District-Palamu, Jharkhand 21.Karun Kumar, S/o Late Khedan Ram, R/o village & P.O.-Mahilong, P.S.-Tatisilwai, District-Ranchi 22.Mahendra Darbey, S/o Chinta Nand Darbey, R/o village-Kundadih, P.O.-Laxmipur, P.S.-Jama, District-Dumka, Jharkhand 23.Phool Mohammad Ansari, S/o Md. Attaur Rahman Ansari, R/o village-Baccha, P.O.-Sripur, P.S.-Mirzachowki, District-Sahibganj, Jharkhand 24.Sunil Soren, S/o Chunda Soren, R/o village-Mahul Pahari, P.O.- Balidih, P.S.-Pakuria, District-Pakur, Jharkhand … Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Planning-cum-Finance, Government of Jharkhand, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 3. The Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Prison and Disaster Management, Government of Jharkhand, Dhurwa, Ranchi. 4. The Director General-cum-Inspector General of Police, Jharkhand Ranchi. 5. The Additional Director General of Police (JAP), Ranchi, having its office at Raja Rani Kothi, P.O. & P.S.-Doranda, Ranchi. … Respondents. CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J. ------ For the Petitioners : Mr. Diwakar Upadhyay, Advocate For the Respondents : Ms. Nirupama, A.C to Sr. S.C.-II …...... 02 /28.01.2025: The petitioners in this writ application have prayed for a direction upon the State to create 156 posts of Assistant Sub Inspector of Police in Jharkhand Armed Police including J.A.P.- 08 on the ground that there is huge shortage of post of Assistant Sub Inspector. Further a prayer has been made to promote the petitioners to the post of Assistant Sub Inspector after creation of the said posts. 2. Whether the State wants to create a post or not is within the exclusive domain of the State. High Court cannot interfere and enter into such domain, while exercising jurisdiction under Article 226. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India & Ors. versus Ilmo Devi & Anr. reported in (2021) 20 SCC 290 has held that creating or sanctioning posts is the sole prerogative of the Government and the High Court in exercise of the power under Article 226 of the Constitution cannot issue mandamus or direct to create or sanction posts. 3. Thus, the prayer made before by this Court cannot be entertained and the relief sought for cannot be granted exercising jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. 4. This writ application is accordingly dismissed. Arpit/ (ANANDA SEN, J.)