MONIKA YADAV Vs. STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE prayer in the present petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the list, wherein, zero marks have been awarded to the petitioner and also for issuance of direction to the respondents to evaluate the 'OMR' answer sheets of paper I and II of Tier - II of the Combined Graduate Level Examination -2012.

(2.) BRIEFLY , the facts of the case, as mentioned in the petition, are that the Staff Selection Commission i.e respondent No.1 was assigned the responsibility for recruitment of Group C (non -technical) and Group B (non -gazetted ­ both technical and non -technical) posts and for that, a notice was published in "The Employment News/Rozgar Samachar" dated 24.03.2012, whereby, the On -line or Off -line Applications were invited from the eligible candidates for recruitment to different posts in various Ministries/Departments/Offices/ Cadre under Government of India for which the graduation from recognized University was the minimum educational qualification. The petitioner belongs to a Backward Class and was eligible for applying to the said post. Hence, she submitted an on -line application form. She was assigned Roll No.1601030114, Ticket/Seat No.1020376 for Tier -I ­ Written Examination. Accordingly, she appeared in the examination and was declared qualified for Tier -II Examination. The result of the said examination was declared on 18.10.2012 and her name was not there in the merit list. Subsequently, it came to her notice that her 'OMR' Answer Sheets were not evaluated and zero marks were awarded on account of the fact that while marking her Roll Number in the prescribed column on the OMR Sheet in Paper -I, she had darkened boxes bearing numbers Rs.0601030114' in stead of Rs.1601030114'.

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner has relied upon the judgment of this Court in CWP NO.13730 of 2012 titled as Rohit Kumar vs Union of India, decided on 27.07.2012 as well as the judgment of Andhra Pradesh High Court in case State of A.P. and another vs A. Vijayalakshmi and another 1983 AIR (A.P.) 321, in support of his contentions.