2026:JHHC:25039 Page | 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cont. Case (Civil) No. 394 of 2025 --------- 1. Tarun Kumar Gon aged about 54 year son of Sukumar Gon resident of village-Patharghata, P.O.-Kalipahari, P.S.-Nala, District-Jamtara, Jharkhand. 2. Supratik Mandal aged about 47 year son of Subal Mondal resident of village & P.O.- Kalipahari, P.S.-Nala, District- Jamtara, Jharkhand. -Writ Petitioner No.1 & 3/Petitioners. Versus:- 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. Shri Shashi Prakash Singh, s/o not known to the petitioner, The Director, Primary Education, Department of School Education and Literacy, Govt. of Jharkhand, MDI Building, P.O. & P.S.- Dhurwa, District-Ranchi, Jharkhand. 3. Sri. Ananya Mittal, s/o not known to the petitioner, the Deputy Commissioner, East Singhbhum, P.O., P.S.-Sakchi, District-East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. 4. Sri Ashish Kumar Pandey, s/o not known to the petitioner, The District Superintendent of Education, East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur, State Mile Road, Bistupur, P.O., P.S.- Bistupur, District- East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. -Respondents/Opp. Parties. --------- CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD ---------- For the Petitioner : Ms. Karishma Kumari, Advocate For the Opp. Parties : Mr. Abhinay Kumar, AC to GA I ---------- 07/Dated: 19th August, 2026 1. The instant contempt case has been filed for alleged non- compliance of order dated 22.04.2024 passed in W.P.(S) No. 1509 of 2016, whereby while disposing of the writ petition, the learned writ Court has passed to extend the benefit to the present petitioners in the light of order passed in W.P.(S) No. 2378 of 2019 and other analogous cases. 2026:JHHC:25039 Page | 2 2. Show cause has been filed wherein it has been stated that under the Merit list of candidates under zone of consideration for I-V Para Un-Reserved Category, the last selected male candidate in the unreserved category is at Serial No. 4 having final merit point of 55.67 whereas the petitioners merit point were 53.23 and 53.64 respectively, which were pointed out at serial nos. 92 and 80 respectively, which shows that the score of petitioners were less than the last selected male candidate under I-V Para unreserved category. 3. On 15th July, 2026, learned counsel for the petitioner sought for two weeks’ time to file response to the show cause, but no reply to the show cause has been filed, as per office note dated 11.08.2026. 4. Heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the fact that in the merit the points earned by the petitioners are 53.23 and 53.64 respectively, whereas the last selected candidate in the category in which the petitioners fall is 55.67, in view thereof, no case is made out. 5. Accordingly, the instant contempt case stands disposed of. (Sujit Narayan Prasad, J.) 19th August, 2026 Alankar/-