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INDRAJIT MAHANTY, S. G. CHATTOPADHYAY
State of Tripura – Appellant
Versus
Sangita Chakraborty – Respondent
JUDGMENT
S.G. Chattopadhyay, J. - This writ appeal is directed against the judgment and order dated 22.01.2020 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP(C) No.1024 of 2019.
2. The Factual background of the case is as under:
Petitioner Smt. Sangita Chakraborty (respondent herein), after obtaining a Bachelor degree in Arts (BA) from Kamalpur Government Degree College in 2006 and 2 years diploma in elementary education appeared in Tripura Teachers' Eligibility Test (T-TET in short) held on 30.12.2018 to qualify for appointment as a teacher in elementary school. Tentative result of the test was declared on 01.01.2019 and the candidates were asked to offer feedback. After obtaining feedback from the candidates, final result of T-TET was published on 14.01.2019. The respondent came out to be unsuccessful because she could not score minimum 60% marks in the said examination. She scored 88 out of 150 marks which was less than 60%. Respondent challenged the result on the ground that she wrote correct answers to question Nos.101, 79, 41, 69, 82 and 83 but the appellant erroneously held that her answers were incorrect. It would be appropriate to reproduce the answers given by the respondent and t
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