The Jharkhand cabinet on 17 August 2026 cancelled the JSSC Combined Graduate Level examination.
It also cancelled every test, result and selection handled by the outsourcing agency TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL) since 2014.
The decision followed a five-hour cabinet meeting in Ranchi and a 24-day student agitation over recruitment irregularities.
A Special Investigation Team and the CID will probe all state competitive examinations conducted since 2014.
A high-level committee headed by senior IAS officer Amitabh Kaushal will recommend structural reforms to the examination system.
Central law criminalising paper leaks and organised cheating in public examinations conducted by bodies such as UPSC, SSC, RRB, IBPS and NTA, with imprisonment and heavy fines for service providers involved
Govern the conduct of Jharkhand's own examinations, including the outsourcing of examination processes to private agencies
Provide for Public Service Commissions; staff selection commissions like JSSC are statutory or executive bodies created by states for non-gazetted recruitment
Formed on 15 November 2000 as the 28th state, carved out of Bihar; capital Ranchi
A dedicated police team constituted for complex or sensitive investigations, often on court or government direction
State police investigate under state government control; a CBI inquiry requires state consent under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946, which is why protesters treat it as the stronger demand
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Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission, the state's recruitment body for non-gazetted posts
TSR Data Processing Private Limited, the private agency linked to the conduct of Jharkhand's examinations since 2014
Central law penalising organised cheating and paper leaks in public examinations