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HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JAIPUR BENCH)
SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA, SANGEETA SHARMA
Sangeeta Arya, W/o Niranjan Arya – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA, CJ.
1. The judgement passed by the learned Single Judge dated 28.08.2025 in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.13806/2024: Kailash Chand Sharma and Ors. Vs. The State of Rajasthan and Ors. and other connected matters is challenged before us in these bunch of special appeals preferred by the State of Rajasthan namely D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No.1346/2025: The State of Rajasthan and Anr. Vs. Kailash Chand Sharma and Ors. and another D.B. Special appeal has been filed challenging the order passed by the learned Single Judge in bunch of writ petitions in lead case of Suraj Mal Meena and Ors. Vs. The State of Rajasthan and Ors.: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.16031/2025 whereby, directions were issued to the State Government to consider relaxation of age to the candidates who appeared in the recruitment examination of the Sub Inspector/Platoon Commander recruitment and applied in pursuance of the advertisement and reapplied under the subsequent advertisement for the same post of Sub Inspector and Platoon Commander. Other directions have also been issued by another Single Bench.
2. The learned Single Judge in his judgement dated 28.08.2025 issued the followi
A candidate's right to selection cannot override the necessity for a fair examination process; substantial evidence of systemic irregularity justifies cancellation of examination results.
The court established that in cases of widespread malpractice in recruitment processes, the integrity of the examination must be preserved, and it is permissible for the State to cancel the examinati....
An examination can only be cancelled if there are systemic irregularities; isolated incidents do not justify re-examination if tainted candidates can be segregated from untainted ones.
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