2026 Supreme(Online)(Raj) 9338
HIGH COURT OF RAJASTHAN (JODHPUR BENCH)
NUPUR BHATI
NARSINGH RAM – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF RAJASTHAN – Respondent
CW / 7008 / 2026
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 7008/2026
1. Narsingh Ram S/o Shri Aidan Ram, Aged About 43 Years, R/o Somadwalon Ka Mohalla, Somna, Tehsil Jayal, District Nagaur, Rajasthan. Presently Posted As School Lecturer
History.
2. Raju Ram S/o Shri Jai Ram, Aged About 46 Years, R/o Village Puna Nadi Ke Pas Inana, Tehsil Mundwa, District Nagaur, Rajasthan. Presently Posted As School Lecturer
History.
----Petitioners 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, AGC.
HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE NUPUR BHATI
Order
01/04/2026
1. The present writ petition has been filed with the following
prayers:-
A. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, orders of respondents dated 29.08.2023 (Annex-7) and 30.10.2017 (Annex- 8) to the extend 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 an appropriate writ, order or direction, rejection orders (Annex-9) of denying the Pay fixation, Seniority, Service Benefits
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and Notional Benefits of the petitioners as granted to lower meritorious for the post of School Lecturer (History) in pursuance of the advertisement 16.10.2015 dated (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 (History) 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 or 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 are that the respondent RPSC issued an advertisement dated 16.10.2015 for School Lecturer posts in various subjects. Petitioners applied online pursuant thereto and appeared in the selection process. RPSC issued a subject-wise merit list of provisionally selected candidates and published marks for all appeared candidates. Petitioners secured high marks in their respective categories and were selected. Certain candidates then filed an SLP before the Hon'ble Apex Court, which passed directions to RPSC. Counseling followed, leading to petitioners' appointment offers; however, post-probation, respondents fixed
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