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ANIRUDDHA ROY
Ujjal Mandal – Appellant
Versus
State Of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Aniruddha Roy, J. - Facts:
1. The writ petitioner as an intending candidate applied for the Post of Assistant Teacher in Bengali (Pass), pursuant to the Notification issued by the respondent authority. Provisional Admit Card was issued in favour of the petitioner by the third respondent and the petitioner was allowed to appear in the written test in Section A and Section B scheduled on July 29, 2012. The petitioner duly appeared in the said written examination. The third respondent uploaded the result of the said written examination in its official website and the petitioner had qualified in Section A (Part-II) examination as would be evident from Annexure P-5 to the writ petition.
2. Despite qualifying in Part-II, Section A written examination, the petitioner did not receive any call for interview i.e. the personality test.
3. By a letter dated August 12, 2013 the petitioner under the provisions of Right to Information Act, 2005 (for short, the RTI Act) requested the seventh respondent to furnish him the informations regarding the marks awarded to the petitioner in subject test (Section B) and to make over his answers scripts to him. The petitioner also requested to intimate
The main legal point established in the judgment is the court's intervention to correct the illegal and arbitrary alteration of marks in the answer scripts, ensuring the petitioner's entitlement to r....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the court's power to intervene in cases of illegal, mala fide, or arbitrary exercise of power and discretion by State authorities, and to grant equ....
The court established that any resolution or directive inconsistent with statutory recruitment rules is invalid and beyond jurisdiction.
Writ petition rendered infructuous as original reliefs were satisfied; candidates cannot claim reevaluation without statutory provision, given the evaluation's integrity is preserved unless manifest ....
Glaring illegalities in the selection procedure can be challenged, and the Court has the authority to set aside the selection process and direct a restart in accordance with the applicable rules.
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