[2026:RJ-JD:11164]

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4522/2025 Subhash Panwar S/o Radhey Shyam, Aged About 49 Years, 3/84-85 Mukta Prasad Nagar, Near Mataji Mandir, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Presently Posted As School Lecturer Biology At Ggsss Deshnok, Bikaner, Rajasthan.

----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. N.K. Mehta, AGC.

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE NUPUR BHATI

Order

06/03/2026

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-7) and 30.10.2017 (Annex-8) by denying the Pay fixation, Seniority, Service Benefits and Notional Benefits of the petitioner as granted to lower meritorious for the post of School Lecturer (Biology) in pursuance of the advertisement dated 16.10.2015 (Annex - 1 ) may kindly be quashed and set aside.

B. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, rejection orders (Annex-9) of denying the Pay fixation, Seniority, Service Benefits and Notional Benefits of the petitioner as granted to lower meritorious for the post of School Lecturer (Biology) in pursuance of the advertisement dated 16.10.2015 (Annex-1) may kindly be quashed and set aside.

C. By an appropriate writ, order or 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 (Biology) 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 an appropriate writ order ог 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 ог direction, the respondents may kindly be directed to grant the entire benefits including the prevailing interest to the petitioners 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 petitioners.

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

2. Brief facts of the case, as stated in the writ petition are that on 16.10.2015, the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) issued an advertisement inviting online applications for the post of School Lecturer in various subjects. In pursuance of the said advertisement, the petitioner applied online and appeared in the selection process conducted by the Commission. Thereafter, RPSC published the provisional merit list of selected candidates subject- wise and also disclosed the marks obtained by all candidates who had participated in the examination. The petitioner secured higher marks in their respective categories and were accordingly selected in the said recruitment process. Subsequently, certain candidates filed Special Leave Petitions before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, wherein directions were issued to the respondent Commission to consider the cases of the petitioner and other similarly situated candidates and to revise the result accordingly. Pursuant to such directions, the result was revised and counselling was conducted, after which the petitioner was offered appointment. However, after completion of the probation period, the respondents fixed the pay of the petitioner at