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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR BENCH)
PANKAJ BHANDARI, SHUBHA MEHTA, JJ
Nidhi Choudhary D/O Shri Rajendra Singh Bhamu – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Pankaj Bhandari, J
1. Appellants have preferred these Special Appeals (Writ) aggrieved by Order dated 31.05.2024, whereby 138 writ petitions were dismissed by a common order.
2. Succinctly stated the facts of the case are that the appellants herein and other petitioners who are aggrieved by the final answer key have preferred the writ petitions before the High Court challenging certain questions and the final answers approved by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (for short ‘RSSB’). Out of 138 petitions, 21 appeals have been preferred before this court. It is pertinent to note that after reviewing of the answer key, the matter was agitated before the High Court in writ jurisdiction and High Court has referred certain questions to the expert committee. The expert committee thereafter reviewed the answers and issued the final answer key and results were declared, aggrieved by which, the present appeals have been preferred.
3. It is contended by counsel for the appellants that certain questions ought to have been deleted, but the same have not been deleted. Certain questions where the answer was originally correct has been changed. It is contended that after declaration of the a
The court affirmed that an answer key is presumed correct unless proven demonstrably erroneous, emphasizing respect for expert committee decisions in educational assessments.
Judicial review of examination answer keys is limited; courts cannot substitute expert judgment unless answers are demonstrably erroneous.
Judicial review of answer keys is limited; courts should not substitute their judgment for that of experts unless errors are clearly demonstrable.
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