NARENDER KUMAR Vs. STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION AND ORS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Quashing of show cause notice of 10th June, 2013 (Annexure P-1) and order dated 27th January, 2014 (Annexure P-2) vide which petitioner has been debarred for a period of three years from appearing in the Staff Selection Commission examinations, is sought in this petition. Petitioner had appeared in combined recruitment for Assistant Grade III in General Depot, Technical and Accounts Cadres and Hindi Posts (AG-II) in Food Corporation of India Examination, 2012 and as per show cause notice (Annexure P-1) petitioner had resorted to unfair means of copying in the said examination. Petitioner's counsel submits that the impugned show cause notice (Annexure P-1) was duly replied but impugned order (Annexure P-2) does not disclose any pattern which could lead to a reasonable inference of petitioner cheating in the examination. Attention of this Court is drawn to an order dated 19th December, 2014 in W.P.(C) 9055/2014 Staff Selection Commission & Anr. Vs. Sudesh (Annexure P-3) wherein it has been held that in a case of unfair means, the pattern discerned by the outside experts upon analysis of the answer-sheets of all such candidates is not disclosed and that the disclosed pattern which could lead to a reasonable inference with a very high probability/ near certainty of cheating/malpractice ought to be brought out, so that such candidates are not left in dark and are able to meet the serious allegations levelled against them. It is pointed out that such like show cause notice has been quashed as the basis for alleging malpractice/copying was not disclosed.

(2.) Learned counsel for petitioner draws attention of this Court to order dated 6th December, 2017 to submit that respondent herein in the said decision had taken the stand that it would consider the case of petitioner and other similarly placed persons as and when the issue of post examination analysis of the examination in question is decided by the Supreme Court in the case of Staff Selection Commission, Thr. its Chairman and Anr. v. Sudesh.

(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that petitioner's Representation of 22nd January, 2018 (Annexure P-6) has not been decided by first respondent till date.