GOLO KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner is aggrieved that the key answers given in the test held for Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test were wrong and she has not been correctly appraised for at least 7 questions where she has tendered correct marks. Indeed the limit of interference for judicial review in such like matters is exceedingly limited and the Court shall not play the role of expert to find out correct answers. Exceptions do exist for every situation and herein, they exist in abundance. The key answers provided are meaningless as the counsel for the petitioner points out. The questions which the petitioner has answered are brought out one after another to examine the correctness or otherwise of the contentions of the petitioner. Following are the questions which the petitioner has answered to which she has not been correctly appraised.

(2.) THE question No. 86 which is at page 9 reads thus and the four options are: -

(3.) TWO other questions are not within the comprehension of the Court to make appraisal. Indeed, I had outlined even at the beginning that the extent of intervention by a Court shall be very minimal but still I have undertaken the exercise because the key answers are outlandish and completely wrong and I was able to see what was correct. The other two questions do not partake the same character. I do not propose to grant the marks for what the petitioner has answered for these two questions. The four correct answers which I have outlined are sufficient to find the petitioner eligible, for, additional marks take her tally to 90, which is to be adjudged as pass. The writ petition is allowed. The petitioner shall be taken as having obtained 90 marks that secures to her eligibility for a pass. The respondents are directed to issue a fresh certificate of eligibility in terms of the above directions within a period of 8 weeks.