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S. N. PATHAK
Rita Kumari – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
S.N. PATHAK, J.
1. Heard the parties.
2. Petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer for a direction upon the respondents to consider his case for appointment to the post of Inter Trained Teacher (Assistant Teacher, Class-I to V) under Para Category for the districts of Chatra, Subject Khortha, pursuant to advertisement no. 07/2015 (amended) since she has obtained higher marks than the last selected candidate. It is case of the petitioner that she has obtained total 53.59 marks, however the cut off marks was 52.41 only in MBC, female category.
3. According to petitioner, she had completed her Intermediate course after taking due permission from the superior authorities i.e. Block Education Extension Officer, which is evident from the Letter dated 20.03.2005 as contained in Annexure- R/1 of the rejoinder. The petitioner had never absented from her work as Para Teacher and she has worked diligently without any complaint from any corner as Para Teacher, which is evident from certificate dated 18.06.2018 (Annexure-3). It is case of the petitioner that in spite of having more marks than the last selected candidate, she was not called for counselling as she was told that sh
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The appointment of the petitioner must be justified based on the qualifications and rules prevailing at the time of consideration, as per legal precedents and Article 14 of the Constitution of India.
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State authorities have broad discretion to set educational qualifications for public service positions, and courts will not interfere unless there are statutory violations.
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