Kirti Vishvakarma v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh HC Bilaspur, WPS Nos. 10365/11459/11358/11143/11090/10579 of 2025 (common CAV order, Narendra Kumar Vyas, J.). Subject: challenge to CGVYAPAM ADEO-2025 recruitment answer keys/selection list (advertisement 02.04.2025; exam 15.06.2025; model key 25.06.2025; objections till 30.06.2025; 2921 objections; final key 12.08.2025 per Board / 14.08.2025 per petitioners; selection list 15.06.2025). Themes: judicial restraint under Article 226 vis-a-vis expert committee reports on answer keys; onus on candidate to dislodge key answers; question-deletion methodology; bonus marks to non-attempters; Pariksha Nirdesh (incl. clause 12) compliance; Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam 1993 (SS 17, 29, 25, 32) and RTI Act 2005 used by experts. Precedents: Rahul Singh (2018) 7 SCC 254 (relied on); Vikesh Kumar Gupta (2021) 2 SCC 309 (relied on); Ran Vijay Singh (2018) 2 SCC 357 (relied on); Srishti Sharma WA 394/2024 (distinguished); Vikram Singh Rana 2020 SCC Online Chh 2185 and Umang Gouraha WA 165/2020 (referred, counsel citations). Outcome: all petitions dismissed, no costs.