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2019 DIGILAW 2458 (RAJ)

Devendra Singh v. State of Rajasthan

2019-09-13

SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA

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ORDER : Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J. 1. The issues involved in the present batch of writ petitions are no more res-integra in view of the judgment passed by a Coordinate Bench, at Principal Seat, Jodhpur, deciding a batch of writ petitions lead case being SBCWP No. 2240/2019, Champa Lal & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors., dated 28.08.2019. The Coordinate bench of this Court after examining the issue relating to the allegations of discrepancies of answer key in relation to the examination conducted for the post of Live Stock Assistant, has held as under: "In view of the above determination made by this Court, it is apparent that the respondents were not justified in changing answer to question No. 87 from 'C' to 'B' and answer 'C' is palpably incorrect in view of the historic fact as noticed herein before by confusing between 'Maharaj Pramukh' and 'Raj Pramukh'. Rest of the objections raised by the petitioners pertaining to the final answer key have no substance. As already noticed hereinbefore, the further process pursuant to the declaration of list of candidates called for document verification has already been stayed by this Court, therefore, the respondents would be required to revise the final answer key by modifying the answer to question No. 87 to answer (C) from answer (B), re-determine the merit list, publish the merit list of the candidates to be called for document verification. Rest of the objections raised by the petitioners in the writ petitions qua the recruitment, result and procedure adopted as discussed hereinbefore are rejected/in view of the submissions made by counsel for the respondent - State/Board have been rendered infructuous. Consequently, the writ petitions filed by the petitioners are partly allowed. The final answer key for recruitment to the post of Live Stock Assistant pursuant to the advertisement issued on 14.3.2018, is directed to be modified qua question No. 87 by taking answer (C) as suggested in the preliminary answer key as correct instead of (B), the merit list/result be revised by the respondent - Board and a fresh list of candidates to be called for documents verification, based on the revised result, be published. Whereafter, the recruitment process be proceeded further." 2. Similar questions have been challenged by the petitioners in the present batch of writ petitions. Whereafter, the recruitment process be proceeded further." 2. Similar questions have been challenged by the petitioners in the present batch of writ petitions. No other issue has been taken up in the present batch of writ petitions, which require to be adjudicated additionally. 3. In view thereof, the present batch of writ petitions before this Court are also decided in terms of the order passed by the Coordinate Bench in the case of Champa Lal (supra), as noted above. This order shall govern to all the present writ petitions herein. 4. All the pending application stand disposed of. 5. A copy of this order be placed in each of the file.