DJS 2019:Delhi HC Corrects Nine Mistakes In The Answer-key, Orders Re-computation Of Marks [Read Order]
Delhi High Court has accepted 9 out of the 15 corrections pointed out in the answer-key of the Delhi Judicial Services examination and have noted that the same has caused substantial prejudice to the Petitioners.In the present PIL, 10 Delhi Judicial Services-2019 unsuccessful candidates had moved the Delhi High Court complaining about six "patently erroneous questions" in the examination...
Delhi High Court has accepted 9 out of the 15 corrections pointed out in the answer-key of the Delhi Judicial Services examination and have noted that the same has caused substantial prejudice to the Petitioners.
In the present PIL, 10 Delhi Judicial Services-2019 unsuccessful candidates had moved the Delhi High Court complaining about six "patently erroneous questions" in the examination and sought seeking the recomputation of their marks after necessary corrections/ deletions in these questions
Tthe Petitioners had also prayed for directions to be issued to Registrar General of the High Court be restraining him from conducting the DJS Mains exam till the results are processed afresh.
The Division Bench of Justice Muralidhar and Justice Takwant Singh relied upon the law laid down by the Supreme Court in Pallav Mongia v. Registrar General, Delhi High Court to hold that The results of the 353 candidates already declared eligible to appear in the DJS (Mains) Examination are to be left undisturbed.
The court also directed the High Court to recompute the results of the remaining candidates by applying the correct answer keys as decided by this court.
By treating the marks obtained by the last of the 353 eligible candidates in the first list as the cut off marks, the court also directed the High Court to prepare a further list of candidates found eligible to sit for the Mains exam and publish it on the website of the Delhi High Court not later than 6 pm on 4th October 2019.
Apart from uploading the list of additional eligible candidates, the High Court is also directed to inform the said candidates about the same through SMS and e-mails.
The court, however, rejected the plea of the Petitioners to postpone the dates for holding the mains examination as the High Court is duty bound by the deadline it gave to the Supreme Court for finishing this process.
Directions
(i) The results of the 353 candidates already declared eligible to appear in the DJS (Mains) Examination, in terms of the list published on the website of the Delhi High Court on 26th September 2019, are left undisturbed.
(ii) In respect of the answer keys which this Court has found to be erroneous, the High Court will in respect of the remaining candidates, which would include the present Petitioners, proceed to apply the correct answer keys as decided by this Court and recompute the results in accordance with the applicable rules. By treating the marks obtained by the last of the 353 eligible candidates in the first list as the cut off marks, a further list of candidates found eligible to sit for the Mains exam will be prepared and published on the website of the Delhi High Court not later than 6 pm on 4th October 2019.
(iii) Although an earnest plea has been made by the Petitioners before this Court to postpone the date of the Mains exam, the Court is not inclined to do so in view of the deadline given by the High Court to the Supreme Court in the aforementioned matter having to be adhered to. In other words it is clarified that even the additional candidates found eligible as a result of the above exercise will have to necessarily sit for the Mains exam on the dates already fixed i.e. 12th and 13th October 2019.
(iv) Apart from placing the list of additional eligible candidates on the website by 6 pm on 4th October 2019, the High Court will communicate to each such eligible candidate both by SMS as well as e-mail (on the mobile number and email id provided by such candidate to the High Court) of such candidate having qualified for writing the Mains exam.
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