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S. N. PATHAK
Niharika Rani, daughter of Vijay Kumar Gupta – Appellant
Versus
State of Jharkhand – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard the learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner has approached this Court with a direction upon the respondents, in particular respondent-JPSC, to add marks after revaluating Question Nos. 5 and 6 of Section-A of the History Paper-III and Question No. 12 of Section-A of Indian Constitution and Political Public Administration Good Governance-Paper-IV of Main Examination, which relates to appointment pursuant to Advertisement No. 01/2021 (Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Competitive Examination, 2021), so that the petitioner could get additional marks and she can succeed in the final merit list, which was published by the JPSC on 31.05.2022.
3. Shorn of unnecessary facts, it is stated that the Jharkhand Public Service Commission published Advertisement No. 01/2021 from eligible candidates on Class-II posts, pursuant to 7th to 10th Combined Civil Services Examination, 2021. The petitioner, belonging to Backward Class, applied for such examination. She appeared in the Preliminary Test and was found successful. Thereafter, the petitioner also appeared in the written test and did well and finally, the result was published on 30.04.2022 and as per her expectation, he
Candidates must not suffer due to administrative negligence in examination evaluations, and proper procedures must be followed to ensure fair assessment.
Appointment – Re-evaluation of answer-sheets of written examination cannot be ordered without any concrete reason.
The court affirmed that candidates in public examinations are entitled to fair evaluation, allowing corrections for clear marking errors to ensure just treatment.
Public Service Commission - Civil service Examination - Public Service Commission have no power to relax the recruitment norms - Public Service Commission have no power to relax the recruitment norms
A state authority's arbitrary decision that undermines the principle of fairness and non-arbitrariness in the marking process can be set aside.
Judicial review in matters of academic evaluation is limited, and courts should defer to expert opinions unless there are specific provisions allowing for re-evaluation.
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