DEVENDRA KUMAR MEHTA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:-

(2.) THE brief facts of the petition may be noticed thus: the petitioner whose date of birth is 11.02.1978 participated in the Rajasthan Teacher Eligibility Test, 2011 ('RTET') held by the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer ('the Board') and was awarded 88 marks out of 150 for the Level-II. The said result of RTET came to be revised in pursuance of the judgment passed by this Court in the case of Rana Ram Jingar and marks obtained by the petitioner were revised from 88 to 91 and, consequently, he became eligible for participating in the examination of Teacher Gr.-III Level-II as the minimum requirement for participating in the said examination is 60% marks in RTET Level-II examination.

(3.) IT is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that on account of the revision of marks in RTET, 2011 the petitioner became eligible to appear in the competitive exam for Teacher Gr.-III Level-II, however, as in the process of revision of marks the petitioner has crossed the maximum age limit, the petitioner is sought to be debarred from appearing in the said competitive examination. It was also submitted that the petitioner appeared in the RTET, 2011 and had secured marks which made him eligible for appearing in the examination, 2011 and 2012, however, on account of award of wrong marks, the petitioner was deprived of appearing in the competitive examination held earlier and, the marks having been revised, petitioner should now be permitted to appear in the Competitive Exam, 2013 relaxing the age as his failure to obtain eligible percentage in RTET, 2011 was on account of mistake committed by the Board and he cannot be penalized for that purpose.