Shimla, Sept. 16 -- In a major relief to the aspirants, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed Sardar Patel University, Mandi, to declare the result of the October 2022 junior office assistant (IT) examination that was held up awaiting "permission" from the state government.

The directions by the court of justice Sandeep Sharma were issued on September 15 while disposing of a petition moved by one Nirmala Devi who sought completion of the recruitment process for the 25 posts of JOA(IT) on contract basis.

The university had issued the recruitment advertisement on September 7, 2022 following which examination was conducted on October 20, 2022, in which 7,640 candidates had applied. The result stands prepared but it has been ke...