Ranchi, May 2: The Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) will not entertain claims of reservation from candidates living outside the state for appointment to posts of primary-trained teachers.

The high court today passed an order to this effect, observing that the benefit of reservation will not be available to outsiders. ?Reservation in appointments will only be granted to candidates who are permanent residents of the state,? the division bench observed.

Petitioner Kavita Kumari Khandawa had moved the high court after the JPSC refused to accept her claim as a reserved candidate for appointment to primary schoolteacher here. Khandawa belongs to the reserved category but is a permanent resident of Bihar.

In 2002, the JPSC had advertised for applications for primary schoolteachers in the state. The commission, subsequently, conducted tests and after evaluation issued provisional results. But at the same time specified that appointments would be made only after scrutinising their testimonials. It also said appointment letters would be issued after verifying all documents, including their caste certificates.

The JPSC, thereafter, withheld the results of many OBC, BC, SC/ST candidates because they mentioned their place of residence as Bihar while applying, the counsel argued for the JPSC.

Moreover, the caste certificates furnished by some of the candidates bear the signatures of concerned authorities from Bihar, he added.

The verification of documents of these candidates proved that they were permanent residents of Bihar, and on this ground the Commission denied them appointment, the JPSC counsel contended.

Khandawa in her petition had stated that she belonged to the category of ?Other Backward Classes? and since other states recognised it, she and others deserved the same for appointments here.

A similar matter was earlier filed in the high court by one Sitaram Yadav, who, too, belonged to the OBC category in Bihar. Yadav had moved court in Jharkhand after he was denied reservation status in the examination held for the appointment of primary schoolteachers here.

Yadav said that his caste was accorded OBC status in Bihar and he should be given the same in Jharkhand as well.

The JPSC had denied OBC status to Yadav saying his place of residence was not in the state and, therefore, was not eligible for the reserved category status.