[2026:RJ-JD:9350]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 16350/2025 Sushil Kumar Bishnoi S/o Shri Mahent Raj, Aged About 40 Years, R/o Baba Ramdev Mandir Road, Ward No. 10, Suratgarh, P.o. And Tehsil- Suratgarh, District- Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan. At Present Posted As School Lecturer For History.

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through The Secretary, Department Of Education, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

2. The Director, Secondary Education, Bikaner, District Bikaner, Rajasthan.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. M.L. Deora.

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Bhupesh Charan for Mr. N.K. Mehta, GC.

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE NUPUR BHATI

Order

19/02/2026

1. The present writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:-

“A. By an appropriate writ, order ог direction, orders of respondents dated 29.08.2023 (Annex-9) and 30.10.2017 (Annex-10) to the extent of restricting/denying the Pay fixation, Seniority, Service Benefits and Notional Benefits of the petitioners as granted to lower for the post of School meritorious Lecturer (History) in pursuance of the advertisement dated 16.10.2015 (Annex-1) may kindly be quashed and set aside.

B. By direction, rejection orders (Annex-11) of denying the Pay fixation, Seniority, Service Benefits and Notional Benefits of appropriate writ, order or the petitioner meritorious granted to lower for the post of School Lecturer (History) in pursuance of the advertisement dated 16.10.2015 (Annex-1) may kindly be quashed and set aside.

C. By appropriate writ, order ог direction, the respondents may kindly be directed to give all benefits of Higher pay seniority, annual grade,, increment, and other service benefits including the selection scale and all notional benefits for the post of School Lecturer(History) to the petitioner as similarly situated. candidates and lower meritorious candidates have been given all benefits in pursuance of the advertisement year, 2015 with all consequential benefits.

D. By appropriate writ order оr direction, the respondents may kindly be directed to grant the benefits like pay fixation, seniority and notional benefits as granted and given to the similarly situated candidates and lower meritorious candidates appointed and joined in the similar manner in the same selection process and actual benefits from similar date of joining on the post of School Lecturer.

E. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, the respondents may kindly be directed to grant the entire benefits including the prevailing interest to the petitioner as per the Hon'ble High Court orders.

F. Any other appropriate writ, order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may kindly be passed in favour of the petitioner.

G. Writ petition filed by the petitioner may kindly be allowed with costs.”

2. Brief facts of the case, as stated in the writ petition are that The respondent — Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) issued an advertisement dated 16.10.2015 inviting online applications for the post of School Lecturer in various subjects. In pursuance thereof, the petitioner applied online and participated in the selection process conducted by the Commission. Thereafter, RPSC published the subject-wise merit list of provisionally selected candidates as well as the marks obtained by all candidates who appeared in the examination. The petitioner secured higher marks in the respective category and was selected on merit. Subsequently, certain candidates approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court by filing Special Leave Petitions, whereupon directions were issued to the respondent Commission to reconsider the cases of the petitioners and similarly situated candidates and to revise the result accordingly. In compliance with the said directions, counseling was conducted and the petitioner was offered appointment. The petitioner was appointed vide order dated 22/23.06.2017 and joined service on or before 05.07