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N. ANAND VENKATESH
S. Srinivasan – Appellant
Versus
State of Tamilnadu, Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government School Education Department – Respondent
ORDER :
N. Anand Venkatesh, J.
[PRAYER : Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Declaration, to declare that the petitioner is eligible for additional marks in the competitive examination held by the 3rd respondent on 04.02.2024 and consequentially eligible to be appointed as Graduate Teacher – Chemistry pursuant to the recruitment notification No.3/2023 dated 25.10.2023 and addendum notifications No.03A/2023 dated 15.11.2023 and No.03B/2023 dated 17.05.2024.]
This writ petition has been filed for the issue of a Writ of Declaration to declare that the petitioner is eligible for additional marks in the competitive examination held by the 3rd respondent on 04.02.2024 and to appoint the petitioner as Graduate Teacher - Chemistry.
2. The case of the petitioner is that the 3rd respondent issued recruitment Notification to fill up the post of graduate teachers on 25.10.2023. The petitioner applied for the post of Graduate Teacher - Chemistry. The competitive examination was conducted by the 3rd respondent on 04.02.2024. The 3rd respondent published the tentative answer key during February 2024 and directed the candidates to submit
The court affirmed that the correctness of answer keys is presumed, and candidates bear the burden of proving any glaring mistakes apparent on the face of the options.
The court established that an expert committee's evaluation of answer keys in recruitment processes is presumptively correct, allowing judicial restraint unless glaring errors are evident.
The court emphasized the need for restraint in challenging key answers and the exercise of jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India in recruitment disputes.
Courts should defer to expert committees' evaluations in academic matters unless mala fides are alleged; presumption of correctness applies to expert answers.
Point of Law : Law that compassion sympathy or claim on basis of assessment cannot be permitted as entire examination process is derailed because some candidates are disappointed or dissatisfied or p....
Judiciary's review over academic assessments is limited, focusing on glaring errors by expert authorities, reaffirming established norms about answer key validity and the implications of unclear ques....
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