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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR BENCH)
ANAND SHARMA
Vishnu Datt Saini S/o Govind Narayan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry And Dairy Department – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANAND SHARMA, J.
1. The present batch of writ petitions has been filed by the petitioners, primarily laying a challenge to the screening result dated 26.11.2020 declared by the respondent-Rajasthan Public Service Commission ( for short 'RPSC') for the post of Veterinary Officer. In some of the writ petitions, a challenge has been made to the result for recruitment on the post of Assistant Agriculture Officer, wherein also, the scheme of examination and governing rules are pari materia.
2. The grievance of the petitioners, who belong to Other Backward Classes (OBC) category, in the present batch of petitions emanates from a common cause of action, alleging infringement of their fundamental rights in the matter of public employment. For the purpose of understanding the question under consideration as also the dispute involved and for the sake of convenience, with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, although all the above writ petitions were heard analogously, the facts stated in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 14328/2020 (Vishnu Datt Saini & Others vs. The State of Rajasthan & Others) are being taken into consideration for deciding this batch of writ petitions by thi
Categorization of candidates based on reserved categories during the selection process compromises merit and violates the rule of reservation.
Merit must govern the selection of candidates across categories, allowing migration from reserved to open categories based on superior performance.
The selecting body has the authority to determine the method/criterion of selection, and the rules of the game cannot be changed once the game has started.
Amended Rules of 1962 mandate that interview marks in public examinations cannot exceed 10% of total marks to ensure fair and transparent selection processes, reaffirming principles of constitutional....
Reserved category candidates who score above the general category cut-off must be treated as general candidates, ensuring merit prevails in recruitment processes as mandated by the Constitution.
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