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SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY
Ranjeet Kumar Yadav – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Heard Sri Seemant Singh, learned Advocate, S/Sri Sudeep Dwivedi, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Gautam Baghel, Shivendra Rajwal, Rohit Pandey and Ms. Taniya Pandey, learned Advocates for petitioners and S/Sri Ashok Khare, Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Siddharth Khare for applicants in application for impleadment and Ms. Archana Singh, learned Advocates for respondent- Basic Education Board and L.M. Singh, Ravi Prakash Srivastava, Ms. Shruti Malviya, learned Standing Counsel for State.
2. The petitioners before this Court in above referred bunch of writ petitions have participated in recruitment process on posts of Assistant Teachers commenced in pursuance of Government Order dated 19.02.2021.
3. It is the case of all petitioners that they have participated in the examination held on 17.02.2021 and result thereof was declared on 15.11.2021, wherein all petitioners have qualified.
4. It is further case of petitioners that on basis of certain Government Orders, the Regulatory Authority published a new fresh/amended result on 06.09.2022 after earlier result was cancelled. All the petitioners were not found in fresh/subsequent select list and their result status was shown as “Invalid
The correct filling of OMR sheets and adherence to instructions provided in the examination booklet are crucial for maintaining the fairness of the selection process.
The court held that minor errors in bubbling Roll Numbers on OMR sheets should not result in disqualification if candidates are identifiable, emphasizing fairness in evaluation over strict adherence ....
Trivial errors in examination processes should not lead to disqualification, especially when they do not affect the overall results.
Strict compliance with examination instructions is mandatory, and deviations cannot be excused to preserve the integrity of public recruitment processes.
Failure to follow mandatory instructions for filling OMR sheets in a competitive examination, resulting in an unreadable answer sheet, justifies the rejection of a candidate's candidature to maintain....
It cannot be expected that an enquiry be made by the Examining Body as to whose OMR sheet it is when no roll number is written thereon. Such enquiries if burdened on the examination body would entail....
Examination - colouring or darkening of circles/bubbles in OMR sheets - once the instructions were clear and were to apply universally to all candidates, if the error as per the instructions is fatal....
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