PAVITRA BOHRA Vs. RAJASTHAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN the instant petition, the result dated 17/9/2014 declared by the respondent -Commission for the post of Teacher Gr. II (Social Science), and the selection process in pursuance to the advertisement dated 2/8/2013, and the examination conducted on 23/2/2014 have been sought to be challenged by the petitioner on the ground that there was a leakage of question paper bearing Code 36 (Social Science) -Paper II -D Question Series No. 36137740 at the Bikaner Centre.

(2.) IT has been alleged by the petitioner interalia that pursuant to the advertisement dated 2/8/2013 issued for the post of Teacher Gr. II -Social Science, examination was scheduled on 23/2/2014. The said examination was fixed between 9 A.M. to 11: 30 A.M. According to the petitioner while the said examination was going on, the police had conducted a raid at Plot No. 11, Marudhar Nagar, Pawanpuri, Bikaner, Jai Narayan Vyas Colony, Bikaner, where certain persons were found involved in the leakage of the said question paper, and in respect of which an FIR bearing No. 57/2014 was registered at the Police Station Jai Narayan Vyas Colony, Bikaner. It is further case of the petitioner that in respect of the other examinations also conducted by the RPSC during said period, certain irregularities and leakage of paper were found for which even the officers of RPSC were arrested. According to the petitioner, instead of cancelling the examination for the said post of Teacher Gr. II (Social Science), the RPSC declared the result on 17/9/2014. Thus, the said result being tainted one was illegal and had stood vitiated and the RPSC could not have proceeded further with the appointments on the basis of such results.

(3.) THE petitioner has filed the rejoinder to the said reply filed by the respondent Commission, reiterating interalia that the paper leakage and cheating through bluetooth were found to have taken place at Bikaner Centre on 23/2/2014, and therefore, the entire results of the said examination had stood vitiated.