Nabanita Goswami and 317 Ors. v. Parishmita Hazarika and 6 Ors. (B)

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Keywords: Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) Secondary Education Assam 2019-20; Assam Secondary Education (Provincialised Schools) Service Rules 2018; Rule 10; Rule 33 relaxation; Schedule-III Graduate Teacher qualifications; paper-wise/sectional qualifying marks versus aggregate; grace marks to enlarge eligibility pool; exclusion of grace from merit ranking; change of rules of the game; Tej Prakash Pathak (2025) 2 SCC 1; State of Haryana v. Subash Chander Marwaha (1974) 3 SCC 220; Jyoti K.K. (2010) 15 SCC 596; Maharashtra State Board v. Amit (2002) 6 SCC 153; Orissa PSC v. Rupashree Chowdhary; Taniya Malik; unsettling completed selections; public interest in school appointments; 5746 Graduate Teacher posts; RMSA; TET Empowered Committee. Relevant when arguing the validity of qualifying benchmarks stricter than the statutory minimum, the legality of ex post facto grace marks confined to eligibility, or the protection of appointments made under a completed recruitment process.

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