RANCHI, June 19 -- Two female teachers in the state capital won a major victory in the Jharkhand High Court as the court decided that the government cannot unfairly deny them their teaching jobs, people aware of the development said on Thursday.

A high court advocate close to the matter informed Hindustan Time saying the order was given by Justice Deepak Roshan on May 14, and was uploaded on June 15.

"In May 2023, Suchita Sharma and Archana Kumari were selected to work as assistant teachers at the Doranda Bengali Girls' Middle School. However, a local education officer rejected their appointments. The officer claimed that the school was not a special linguistic minority school and that the two women were too old for the job. The high co...