JUDGMENT

Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. (Oral)

1. Petitioner impugns order dated 21.12.2017 whereby the original application filed by the respondent seeking quashing of order dated 01.08.2016 passed by the petitioner cancelling the candidature of the respondent for the post of TGT (Natural Science) has been allowed.

2. The respondent had applied for the post of TGT (Natural Science) under post code 10/13 under the unreserved category pursuant to an advertisement No.01/13.

3. Petitioner appeared in the written examination and scored high marks and fell within the consideration zone under the unreserved category and was thereafter called for verification of the documents. One of the eligibility conditions for consideration for the relevant post was that the candidate should have qualified the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) conducted by CBSE.

4. At the time of scrutiny of documents, it was found that respondent had scored 83 marks in CTET examination and was declared qualified under the OBC category. Respondent had qualified CTET examination by application of relaxation which was then available under the OBC category of 5% in the qualifying marks. It is an admitted position tha