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HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, Meenakshi I. Mehta, JJ
Amit Kumar Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh and others – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. letters patent appeal regarding erroneous answer key. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. issues surrounding the accurate assessment in examinations. (Para 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. arguments about expert opinion vs judicial intervention. (Para 8 , 9 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 4. judicial review of expert evaluations in context of legality. (Para 17 , 20) |
| 5. outcome of appeal with directions for score recalibration. (Para 22 , 23 , 24) |
SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA, J.
1. This Letters Patent Appeal under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against the judgment dated 07.02.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in CWP No.1007 of 2022, whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant was dismissed.
2. The writ petition was filed by the appellant challenging the action of Respondent No.1 - the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh - in treating an incorrect answer as correct in the official answer key of a competitive recruitment examination, which ultimately deprived the appellant of selection to the post of Law Officer.
3. The Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, vide public notice dated 08.04.2021, advertised several posts including one post of Law Officer.
The selection process comprised a single-stage written ex
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