Kumari Rita v. Principal Dadhimati Mahila Shikshak Training College, Sriganganagar
2001-07-20
H.R.PANWAR, RAJESH BALIA
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JUDGMENT 1. - Heard learned counsel for the appellant as well as learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The appellant has applied for admission to Teachers Education Training Course and for that purpose she has appeared for Pre-Teacher Education Test for being admitted to any of the colleges imparting teachers education course. 3. In the first instance, considering petitioner's case as a woman candidate as a ward of defence personnel was shown as selected for admission. However, on failure to produce the requisite credentials as ward of defence personnel, she asked for being admitted amongst general category of the candidates from women. That requisite was denied by the respondent University inter alia on the ground that amongst general candidates from women, the petitioner does not find place in order of merit. 4. According to reply submitted by the respondents the petitioner has is secured 339 marks whereas the last candidate admitted to course in general category had secured 397 marks and therefore she could not be admitted in general category. 5. Learned counsel for the appellant has sought to support its claim to admission on the ground that the respondents have failed to disclose that 66 candidates from Ganganagar District against the vacancy of which the petitioner claimed admission has not been admitted to institutions situated in Sriganganagar which has been allotted to 66 vacancies for admission in Faculty of Arts and the respondents have not shown the total number of 66 candidates from Ganganagar Centre, having been allotted to College at Ganganagar. 6. Having considered the scheme of Pre Teacher Education Test in curriculum issued by Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, it appears that the petitioner's contention is on fallacious premise that the seats allotted to particular college is the seats allotted for the district and therefore allotment of a person to College necessary correspondents to seats allotted to the District. 7. Clause 4 of the general guidelines which have been placed on record for Court's perusal shows that out of the total number of seats Faculty-wise 20% seats will be filled in on the basis of overall merit, irrespective of the District or State to which the candidate belongs. For the remaining 20% seats Faculty-wise, the Govt. of Rajasthan has reserved a fixed number of seats for each District in proportion to the population of Districts.
For the remaining 20% seats Faculty-wise, the Govt. of Rajasthan has reserved a fixed number of seats for each District in proportion to the population of Districts. It also envisages that in the event of non-availability of such candidates, these seats will be filled in from the overall general merit list of candidates. Thus, providing distribution of 100% seats amongst open market general candidature and candidature for particular District, the reservation has been provided for candidates belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, physically handicapped, in-service or a discharged/retired defence personnel or his or her ward and also by subsequent amendment in the category of reservation `Other Backward Class' has also been added. Thus, out of the total number of seats from amongst whether of all Rajasthan merit list or District-wise merit list, seats have been carved out and made available for reserved categories of candidates. There is no connection between the number of seats which are to be filled from District-wise merit and number of seats allotted to a particular institution for admission of women candidates. No material has been placed on record by the petitioner to suggest or rebut the averments made by the respondents that amongst the candidates District of Sriganganagar against the seats available for general candidates no person lower in merit than petitioner has been admitted. 8. In that view of the matter, we do not find any case for interference in the matter of admission in this case. 9. Accordingly, the appeal fails and is hereby dismissed.Appeal dismissed. *******