SANTARA BAI BAIRWA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Instant batch of writ petitions have been filed by the candidates who have participated in the selection process held for the post of Nursery Teacher Training (NTT) included in the Schedule appended to the Rajasthan Woman and Child Development (State & Subordinate) Service Rules, 1998 & notified vide advertisement dt.27.08.2013.

(2.) The facts, in brief, as consented, have been noticed from Writ Petition Nos.8464/2016 & 1422/2016 are that the advertisement for 1148 vacancies of Nursery Teachers Training (NTT) came to be notified by the respondents vide advertisement dated 27.08.2013 and the selection is based solely on the written examination and the syllabus is of pre-primary level and related to the overall development of child from 0 to 6 years and such of the candidates who are holding Senior Secondary with two years diploma in NTT recognized by NCTE and affiliated by SCERT are eligible to participate in the process.

(3.) It may be relevant to note that initially the department issued an advertisement holding selection process pursuant to the advertisement dt.27.08.2013 and it reveals that thereafter the selection process was handed over to the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board (hereinafter referred to 'the Board') and in furtherance thereof, press note was released on 21.03.2016 laying down the procedure to be followed by the Board and as per its Cl.12 opportunity was afforded to the candidates to submit their objections on-line within 72 hours if there is any error in the question paper and the candidates participated in the written examination without any demur, held on 03.04.2016, which was a multiple choice question paper of one mark each, according to the syllabus available on their website and assessible to the candidates and on the instruction sheet provided to the candidates there was Note-6 that 1/3 part of the mark (s) of each question will be deducted for each wrong answer and there will be negative marking for wrong answers.