RAJVEER SHEKHAWAT Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) BY way of these writ petitions, the petitioners have questioned legality of the result of Rajasthan Pre Medical Test -2014 (Re -examination) [for short 'RPMT -2014(RE)'] conducted by the respondents. The petitioners while questioning the correctness of certain questions and/or the answers thereof declared by the respondents by way of publishing the revised Answer Key, have prayed that the respondents be directed to constitute a committee of experts preferably, the experts of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to examine the disputed questions and till the final report in this regard is submitted by the committee, the process of counseling of the selected candidates be kept in abeyance. It is further prayed that if any provisional/final list is issued pursuant to the counseling undertaken, the same may be quashed and set aside. The petitioner -Vishakha Jain has prayed that she may be declared successful in RPMT -2014(RE) by treating her answers to the specified questions as correct.

(2.) THE background facts in nutshell are that the respondent -Rajasthan University of Health Sciences conducted RPMT -2014 in six slots from 28th to 30th of May, 2014. The candidates who could not qualify, approached this court by way of writ petitions with a prayer that the aforesaid examination conducted by the respondent -University be declared illegal and the respondents be directed to hold fresh examination. Another set of writ petitions were preferred by the candidates who were declared successful, seeking directions to the respondents to adhere to the time schedule for admission as originally notified and refrain from cancelling the whole examination.

(3.) IN compliance of the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court as aforesaid, the respondents published the notification dated 4.7.14 for conducting RPMT -2014(RE) on 27/28.7.14. The examination was conducted accordingly.