HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN JODHPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4855/2020 Hiren Bhagat ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan & Ors ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ram Dev Potalia For Respondent(s) : Mr. Pukhraj Suthar Mr. Tarun Joshi, through VC with Mr. Vikram Singh HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE REKHA BORANA

Order

07/01/2026

1. The present petition has been filed aggrieved of communication dated 20.05.2020 (Annexure-11) whereby the candidature of the petitioner stood rejected and he was denied appointment on the count that his Masters Degree in ‘Applied Mathematics’ was not in terms of the qualification prescribed vide Advertisement dated 28.03.2018 (Annexure-1).

2. Counsel for the petitioner while relying upon the Division Bench Judgment of Uttarakhand High Court in Rahul Saini Vs. State of Uttarakhand & Ors.; Writ Petition (S/B) No. 583/2018 alongwith connected matters (decided on 12.02.2019) (Annexure-A/1) and Hon’ble Apex Court’s recent judgment in Laxmikant Sharma Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors.; Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 18907/2025 (decided on 04.12.2025) (2025 INSC 1385), submitted that the Post Graduate Degree in ‘Applied Mathematics’ as possessed by t