Kushal Bhardwaj, S/o. Narender Bhardwaj vs State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Government Secretariat, Rajasthan

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2023 Supreme(Raj) 473

SUDESH BANSAL
Kushal Bhardwaj, S/o. Narender Bhardwaj – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Government Secretariat, Rajasthan – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Ram Pratap Saini, Mr. Giriraj Rajoria, Mr. Aamir Khan, Mr. Vigyan Shah, Mr. Tribhuvan Narayan Singh, Mr. Lakhan Singh Meena, Ms. Komal Kumari Giri, Mr. Bajrang Sepat & Mr. Arvind Arora, Mr. G.S. Gouttam, Mr. Shrey Gahrana, Mr. Kalyan Chand Surela, Mr. Raghu Nandan Sharma, Mr. Abhinav Srivastava Mr. Sandeep Kalwaniya, Mr. Atma Ram Verma, Mr. T.C. Vyas, Mr. Pawan Sharma, Mr. Rishi Raj Singh Rathore, Ms. Neelu Sharma, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Mr. Narendra Prasad Meena, Mr. Ritesh Kumawat.
For the Respondents: Mr. S.S. Raghav, Mr. Nalin G. Narain, Mr. Arpit Jain, Mr. Pradeep Kalwania, Mr. Sandeep Taneja, Mr. Kartikeya Sharma, Mr. Sandeep Maheshwari.

JUDGMENT :

By The Court:

1. In present writ petitions, petitioners have questioned the final answer key dated 29.07.2022 of main examination of Village Development Officer Direct Recruitment-2021 issued by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, in respect of answers of few questions, detailed out hereunder, and consequently have sought to revise the final result dated 29.07.2022 so also the selection list dated 25.11.2022, 26.12.2022 and 03.02.2023 in pursuance thereof. Since the issue involved in all writ petitions is identical in nature, therefore, with consent of counsel for both the parties, all writ petitions were tagged and have been heard together and would stand disposed of by this common order.

2.1 The relevant facts, as culled out from the record are that the Board notified 5396 vacancies of Village Development Officer vide advertisement No.04/2021 dated 06.09.2021 and amended advertisement dated 24.02.2022 to be filled by way of direct recruitment under the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996.

2.2 The process of recruitment comprises in two phases i.e. preliminary examinatio

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2023 Supreme(Raj) 473

SUDESH BANSALKushal Bhardwaj, S/o. Narender Bhardwaj – AppellantVersusState Of Rajasthan, Through Its Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Government Secretariat, Rajasthan – Respondent

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SUDESH BANSAL
Kushal Bhardwaj, S/o. Narender Bhardwaj – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department, Government Secretariat, Rajasthan – Respondent