K.R.SHANTHI Vs. SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB), the respondent herein, has issued an advertisement in Advt.No.03/2012, dated 28.02.2012, inviting applications from eligible candidates for direct recruitment to various vacancies for the year 2011-2012, in the post of Post Graduate Assistants / Physical Education Directors Gr.1 in the Tamil Nadu Higher Secondary Educational Services.

(2.) THE qualification prescribed as per the said Notification for the post of Post Graduate Assistant is that the candidates should possess M.A./M.Sc./M.Com. in the relevant subject with B.Ed. As per G.O.Ms.No.361, School Education Department, dated 31.12.1999, the candidates should have studied the same subject in Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree, both for academic subjects and Languages. As per the scheme of the examination, the written examination consists of a single paper of three hours duration with 150 marks. The question paper is of objective type with multiple-choice questions. The marks allotted to the main subject, Educational Methodology and General knowledge are 110 marks, 30 marks and 10 marks respectively. Based on the written examination, the candidates will be short-listed for certificate verification and finally the results will be published through press/media. If more than one candidate secures the lowest or same cut-off mark for the particular communal turn, all such candidates will be called for certificate verification and so the number of candidates called for certificate verification will be slightly higher than the number of vacancies.

(3.) IN these writ petitions, the petitioners have, inter alia, challenged the method of selection as per reservation for various categories and the Key Answers for many questions. For the sake of convenience, let us, first take up the issues relating to reservation, followed by the challenges relating to key answers. RESERVATION