RICHAL & ORS. ETC. v. RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION - Synopsis
RAJVEER SINGH 13 Aug 2024

Service Law – State Public Service Commission advertised posts of School Lecturers for various subjects under Secondary Education Department – Examination was conducted – Answer keys were published – Commission invited objections regarding the answer key – Candidates submitted objections – Commission declared the result – Appellants contended that certain questions need re-examination by experts – Supreme Court issued directions that certain questions needed re-examination by experts – Pursuant thereto, Expert committee re-examined the objections and the report was filed by the Commission – Appellants contended that in revision also, certain mistakes have not been corrected – Held: Challenges relating to correctness of answer key has to be entertained on a very limited ground and due weight has to be given to the opinion of the subject experts – In instant case, the Expert Committee, constituted for validation of answer key, has gone through every objection raised by the appellants and has satisfactorily answered the same – The Commission has also accepted the report of the Expert Committee and has proceeded to revise the results of appellants – Thus, report of the Expert Committee which has been accepted by the Commission has to be implemented. Service Law – State Public Service Commission conducted examination – Answer keys published – Commission invited objections regarding the answer key – Appellants contended that certain questions need re-examination by experts – Supreme Court issued directions that certain questions needed re-examination by experts – Pursuant thereto, expert committee re-examined the objections and the report was filed by the Commission – However, Commission revised the result of only 311 appellants – Held: Commission should revise the entire result of all the candidates – Key answers having been corrected, merit of all the candidates except those who have already been selected needs to be redetermined – When the key answers of the candidates who appeared in the examination are correct, they are entitled for revision of their result, since, fault does not lie with the candidates but lies with examination body – It shall not be equitable to not extend the benefit to those candidates who have not come to the Court being satisfied with the steps taken by the Commission and its earlier Expert Committee which was given the task of revising the key answers – Equity.

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