Secretary, Rajasthan Staff Selection Board v. Vikash Joshi S/O Shri Mahaveer Kumar Joshi
Case brief
What is this about?
Answer-key challenge; V.D.O. (Village Development Officer) direct recruitment 2021, Advertisement No. 04/2021, 5396 posts, Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules 1996; Rajasthan Staff Selection Board; main exam 09.07.2022; final answer-key 29.07.2022; Question 132 (tribal population rank — Census 2011); Question 144 (Rajputana Madhya Bharat Sabha — 1919); re-evaluation/reassessment of answers impermissible; benefit of doubt to examination authority; Ran Vijay Singh guidelines; Kanpur University v. Samir Gupta; Vikesh Kumar Gupta; U.P. PSC v. Rahul Singh; FAQs permitting official-website material; coordinate bench conflict; stare decisis; judicial discipline; per incuriam; sub silentio; Babulal Godara; Mahendra Kumar Jat; reference to larger bench; delay condonation under Section 5 Limitation Act; appeals allowed; Single Judge judgment dated 07.06.2023 set aside.
What did the court decide?
All the special appeals (SAW Nos. 130/2024, 206/2024, 211/2024, 212/2024, 213/2024, 214/2024, 217/2024, 218/2024, 219/2024, 220/2024, 222/2024, 223/2024, 225/2024, 227/2024, 240/2024, 321/2024, 323/2024 & 677/2023) allowed; the common judgment dated 07.06.2023 of the learned Single Judge set aside; no costs; pending applications disposed of; copy of the order to be placed in the connected files.