IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
RAJARSHI BHARADWAJ
Akbar Ali – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. facts surrounding the recruitment process. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 8) |
| 2. arguments on arbitrary handling by the commission. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 3. arguments on maintainability and procedural issues. (Para 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23) |
| 4. court's observations on fulfillment of original grievances. (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28) |
| 5. judicial precedent on re-evaluation unavailability. (Para 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33) |
| 6. final conclusion declaring the writ petition infructuous. (Para 34 , 35 , 36) |
JUDGMENT :
Rajarshi Bharadwaj, J.
1. The petitioners are citizens of India residing permanently at their respective addresses as mentioned in the writ petition. Being similarly situated and similarly circumstanced, they have the locus standi to maintain the present writ application, which arises out of a common grievance relating to the 6th State Level Selection Test (SLST), 2013 process of recruitment of Assistant Teachers in Arabic (MM) (H/PG) through the 6th State Level Selection Test, 2013 conducted by the West Bengal Madrasah Service Commission.
2. The facts in a nutshell are that an advertisement dated 30th December, 2013 was issued by the Commissi
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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 ....
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Constitutional Court cannot by itself re-evaluate the answer scripts.
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