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DELHI HIGH COURT
RAJIV SHAKDHER, TALWANT SINGH
Ishwar Kaur – Appellant
Versus
Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner challenges tribunal's dismissal. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. expert findings consistent in revaluation process. (Para 6) |
| 3. access to expert report contention. (Para 7) |
| 4. judicial non-intervention in expert conclusions. (Para 8) |
| 5. writ petition dismissed. (Para 9 , 10 , 11) |
JUDGMENT
Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral)
[Court hearing convened via video-conferencing on account of COVID-19]
1. This writ petition is directed against the order dated 16.06.2021, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (in short `the Tribunal') in OA No. 1064/2021.
1.1. The Tribunal, via the impugned judgment, has dismissed the original application filed by the petitioner.
2. Being aggrieved, the petitioner has approached this Court.
3. The backdrop in which this writ petition has been filed is, broadly, as follows:
3.1. The petitioner had applied for selection to the post of Trained Graduate Teacher (Computer Science) [hereafter referred as `TGT (Computer Science)'] in Directorate of Education, Government of NCT of Delhi, against an advertisement issued by respondent no.1/DSSSB in 2014.
3.2. Consequent thereto, a written test was conducted on 21.05.2017. The petitioner secured 68
Judicial review of educational assessments limited; courts uphold expert findings unless clear errors exist.
The court established that an expert committee's evaluation of answer keys in recruitment processes is presumptively correct, allowing judicial restraint unless glaring errors are evident.
Judicial review of expert committee decisions in academic matters is limited; courts cannot interfere unless findings are proven wrong beyond reasonable doubt.
Courts should defer to expert committees' evaluations in academic matters unless mala fides are alleged; presumption of correctness applies to expert answers.
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