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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR
MILIND RAMESH PHADKE
Sunil Kumar Upadhyaya – Appellant
Versus
Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission – Respondent
ORDER :
MILIND RAMESH PHADKE, J.
1. The present petition, under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner challenging the act of the respondents in not deleting the wrong question and correcting answers of 10 questions of Madhya Pradesh Assistant Registrar Recruitment Examination, 2022.
2. The petitioner was a candidate of M.P. Assistant Registrar Recruitment Examination, 2022 and upon declaration of the answer key by the respondent/MPPSC, certain objections were raised by the candidates, upon which 06 questions were deleted and for remaining 10 questions, objections raised by the petitioner was not considered, despite the answers provided by the respondent/MPPSC to the said questions were contrary to books, Gazette Notification, publication and other sources of information provided by the State of Madhya Pradesh and Government of India.
3. Short facts of the case are that the petitioner is a student of Agriculture and has completed his UG., P.G., and Ph.D. in the field of Agriculture. On 25.08.2022, the respondent/MPPSC had issued an advertisement for conducting examination for recruitment on the post of Assistant Registrar. The petitioner had
Judicial review should not interfere with expert decisions unless clear errors are identified; moral considerations are irrelevant.
The court established that discrepancies in examination marking must be addressed fairly for all candidates, emphasizing the importance of accurate answer keys in recruitment processes.
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 upheld the authority of the examination body, emphasizing minimal judicial intervention in academic matters unless clear errors are demonstrated.
The scope of interference by the Court in the decisions of expert examining bodies in the field of education or public employment is necessarily limited, and the Court should be very slow in interfer....
Courts should defer to expert committees' evaluations in academic matters unless mala fides are alleged; presumption of correctness applies to expert answers.
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