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LISA GILL, SUKHVINDER KAUR
Sukhnoor Singh – Appellant
Versus
Haryana Public Service Commission – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Lisa Gill, J.
CWP No. 8510 of 2024 and all other 31 writ petitions, detail of which is given at the foot of the judgment, are taken up together for consideration and adjudication together at request and with consent of learned counsel for parties.
2. Prayer in all the writ petitions is for setting aside/revision of the preliminary examination result declared on 09.04.2024 for Haryana Civil Services (Judicial Branch) (for short 'HCS') Examination 2023-24 conducted pursuant to advertisement dated 01.01.2024, primarily on the ground of Answer Key-provisional and/or final, being incorrect.
3. In this bunch of writ petitions, there is a set of petitioners who had submitted objections pursuant to publication of the provisional Answer Key on 07.03.2024 on the objection web portal of HPSC and another set of writ petitions, wherein petitioners had been satisfied with the provisional Answer Key thus had not submitted any objections thereto, but are aggrieved of the final Answer Key along with result published on 09.04.2024 on the website of this Court with most of them filing objections/representations qua the Final Answer Key.
4. Basic facts necessary for adjudication of these writ
The court upheld the final Answer Key and the Expert Panel's recommendations, emphasizing the integrity of the examination process and the lack of procedural irregularities in evaluating objections.
The court reaffirmed that examination key answers should be presumed correct unless explicit evidence shows otherwise, emphasizing judicial restraint in academic matters.
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.
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 upheld that key answers in examinations are presumed correct unless candidates clearly demonstrate errors; judicial interference in academic matters is limited and should respect expert opi....
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