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IN THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM & ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI
Sanjay Dutta S/o Shri Satyajit Dutta – Appellant
Versus
State of Assam – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. recruitment controversy regarding junior assistant post. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments on exam marking irregularities. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. court's observations about expert evaluations. (Para 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. limited judicial review on selection committee decisions. (Para 12) |
| 5. writ petition lacks merit and is dismissed. (Para 13) |
JUDGMENT :
SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI, J.
1. Heard Shri B Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Shri U Sarma, learned Standing Counsel, Secondary Education Department, Assam for the respondent nos. 1, 2 and 3 as well as Shri B Chanda, learned counsel for the respondent no.8.
2. None appears for the respondent nos. 4 to 7 though an affidavit-in-opposition has been filed on 06.08.2019.
3. The bone of contention in this writ petition is a recruitment process for the post of Junior Assistant/LDA in the Netaji Vidyaniketan HS School in the district of Nagaon. The advertisement was published on 10.12.2015 in which, the petitioner had submitted his candidature along with other candidates, including the respondent no. 8. The selection consisted of a written examination and marks were also stipulated for type writing test and oral examina
Judicial review in recruitment processes is limited; courts generally defer to the expertise of Selection Committees unless gross irregularities are demonstrated.
The court lacks jurisdiction to re-evaluate examination marks or direct examiners on marking, emphasizing the autonomy of academic evaluation.
The Answer Key for a selection test is presumed correct unless clearly demonstrated to be wrong, and without such proof, courts will not interfere with selection outcomes.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that re-evaluation of answer sheets is impermissible as per the advertisement and relevant rules. The court emphasized the importance of uniform ma....
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