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DINESH MEHTA
Paras Suthar S/o Shri Ghevar Ram – Appellant
Versus
Union of India, through its Secretary, New Delhi – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The petitioners in the present writ petition have approached this Court challenging the provisional State Merit List which was issued for Post Graduation Course 2024 (hereinafter referred to as ‘PG Course’) for medical candidates dated 22.11.2024 issued by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (hereinafter referred to as ‘NBEMS’).
2. Mr. Kailash Jangid, learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners involved in the present case are working as Medical Officers with the State of Rajasthan and are therefore entitled to bonus marks to the extent of 10%, 20% and 30% on the basis of length of their services in the rural areas or as they call it as hard duties.
3. The petitioners appeared in NEET (PG) 2024 Examination which were held for the purpose of selecting candidates for PG course. Such exams were All India Level and its result was published on 10.08.2024. The petitioners have placed on record their All India Ranks in PG Course, 2024 as Scheduled-A of the writ petition.
4. Subsequently, State-wise result was declared on 17.11.2024 for the purpose of admission in PG Courses conducted by the State run universities or private universities in
The court upheld the normalization process for merit lists and clarified that bonus marks should be awarded based on raw scores, not percentiles.
Withdrawal of previously granted admission weightage based on arbitrary grounds violates established selection principles and entitlements.
Courts would be slow in interfering in policy matters unless policy is found to be palpably discriminatory and arbitrary.
The court established that merit lists for public appointments must strictly adhere to the prescribed guidelines, and any deviation that introduces favoritism or lacks transparency is subject to judi....
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