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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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W.P (C) 14014/2021 & CM APPL. 44215/2021

NIJESH KUMAR

......Petitioner

Through:

Mr. D.N. Goburdhun, Sr. Adv.

with Mr. Hariharan and Ms. Jagriti,

Advs. alongwith petitioner in

person.

REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI

......Respondent

Through:

Ms. Padmapriya, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV SHAKDHER

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TALWANT SINGH

TALWANT SINGH, J.:

1. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition for issuing a writ of

mandamus, directing the respondent i.e., the Registrar, Delhi High Court to re-

evaluate the answer sheets of written test for the post of Administrative Officer

(Judicial)/Court Master Examination, 2021 and also to quash the Memorandum

No. 172/EC-4/Exams/DHC dated 11.11.2021.

This is a digitally signed Judgement.

NEUTRAL CITATION NO: 2022/DHC/000828

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2. The case of the petitioner is that, he is working as Senior Judicial Assistant

and, on completion of the required number of years and after fulfilling the

requisite criteria, he falls within the consideration zone for the post of

Administrative

Officer

(Judicial)/Court

Master

through

Departmental

Examination.

3. Online applications were called for filling up 18 vacancies to the post of

Administrative Officer (Judicial)/Court Master vide vacancy notice dated

22.02.2021 and he applied for the said post, along with other court officials

qualified to apply. The examination for the subject post of Administrative

Officers (Judicial)/Court Master under 65% test quota consists of Written Paper-

I and Written Paper-II, and the candidates who would secure 50% marks in each

paper, i.e., Written Paper-I and Written Paper-II would be called for interview.

The final list/merit list would be prepared by adding the marks secured in both

the papers, as well as in the interview, and the candidates would be recommended

to be appointed for the post of Administrative Officers (Judicial)/Court Master.

4. Both the written papers were of 100 marks each. The syllabus for Written

Paper-I was consisting of High Court Rules and Orders Vol. V, Delhi High Court

(Original Side) Rules, 2018 , Delhi High Court (Right to information) Rules,

2006; Notification/Practice Directions issued in respect thereof; and Right to

Information Act, 2005 and Practice Directions and/or Rules issued by the Delhi

High Court on different subjects including Electronic Filing (e-filing), Issuance

of Summons/Notices through Speed Post; Public Interest Litigation Rules, 2010,

and for Written Paper-II, the syllabus was Indian Limitation Act, 1963, Court

This is a digitally signed Judgement.

NEUTRAL CITATION NO: 2022/DHC/000828

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Fees Act, 1870, Civil Procedure Code Part VII and Part VIII, Code of Criminal

Procedure (certain sections), and Constitution of India (certain parts), etc.

5. The petitioner appeared for the written examination of both the papers and

obtained the following marks:

Paper I- 50.50

Paper II- 66.50

6. The petitioner was called for interview on 07.08.2021. The final result was

declared on12.08.2021. The petitioner was allotted 25 marks in the interview,

and his aggregate total became 142 marks.

7. After the final result, the petitioner moved a representation dated

23.08.2021 seeking re-evaluation of certain questions in the written test for

Paper-I and Paper-II on the ground that, allocation of marks for certain answers

by the Examiner was not correct and certain questions were not in accordance

with the specific Rules provided under the respective Rules and Orders or

question itself was wrong. Moreover, in one case, the Answer Key did not pertain

to the question so asked.

8. The objection was raised by the petitioner in respect of 15 questions and

he had sought enhancement of marks in the said representation. The petitioner

received Memorandum No. 172/EC-4/Exams/DHC dated 11.11.2021, whereby