P&H High Court Orders Appointment Of Civil Judge Candidate Disqualified For Falling 2.5 Marks Short In Exam Due To Unchecked Answer

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the issuance of an appointment letter to a civil judge candidate who was disqualified after qualifying the interview due to being short of 2.5 marks in the written exam, as an answer was not checked.The candidate Heena Shehrawat, qualified for interview in Haryana Civil Judge Exam 2023. The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the issuance of an appointment letter to a civil judge candidate who was disqualified after qualifying the interview due to being short of 2.5 marks in the written exam, as an answer was not checked. However, the stand taken is that the evaluator did not award any mark for the same, since there was cutting by the petitioner, while writing the said answer, and that re-evaluation is not permissible in terms of Clause 33 of the After examining the submissions, the Court rejected the contention of Senior counsel appearing for the High Court that in view of the earlier decision of the Court in the case of Mukul Dhankhar Vs. State of Haryana and others,, wherein interference in matter of similar nature was declined on the ground that the Court cannot interfere in the discretion exercised by evaluator, this Court ought not to interfere. Stating that the present case is different, the bench noted that in the present case, bare perusal of the question, reveals that the candidates only had to correct the grammatical mistakes contained in the sentences given, and it is not disputed by the senior counsel for the High Court that the answer given by the petitioner is the same, as was given by two other candidates, who were in fact awarded 2.5 marks for the same While noting that there 13 seats vacant kept for the present Dr. Pankaj Nanhera, Advocate, Mr. Rahul Gautam, Advocate, Mr. Yogesh Vashista, Advocate, and Mr. Navneet Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.