BHUNDA RAM Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present bunch of appeals questions the correctness of the judgment dated 5.5.2018, passed by the learned Single Judge in various writ petitions, challenging the answer key published by the respondent Rajasthan Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as 'the Commission' or 'RPSC'), pursuant to the advertisement dated 13.7.2016 for recruitment to the post of Senior Teachers.

(2.) Numerous candidates having vied for the post of Senior Teacher pursuant to the aforesaid advertisement dated 13.7.2016 filed writ petitions and challenged the result/revised answer key dated 3.2.2018/6.2.2018, as according to them the answers to many questions given in the answer key were wrong. The said group of writ petitions was heard by the learned Single Judge conjointly involving various questions and answers of Paper-I (General Knowledge-I); Paper-II (Subject-Sanskrit, Hindi); Paper-I (General Knowledge-II) and Paper II (subject-Social Science).

(3.) It is to be noticed that the answer key of the paper - General Knowledge was initially published on 21.8.2017; for the papers of Social Science and Sanskrit on 30.8.2017; and for the paper of Hindi on 1.9.2017. After publication of the model answer key, the respondent Commission invited objections from the candidates.