Poonam Rani vs Haryana Public Service Commission
2024 Latest Caselaw 7457 P&H

Citation : 2024 Latest Caselaw 7457 P&H
Judgement Date : 8 April, 2024

Punjab-Haryana High Court

Poonam Rani vs Haryana Public Service Commission on 8 April, 2024

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        IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
                     AT CHANDIGARH
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CWP No.7851 of 2024 Date of Decision : 8.4.2024

Poonam Rani ..... Petitioner versus Haryana Public Service Commission ..... Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA

Present: Mr. Jai Parkash Dhull, Advocate, for the petitioner

Mr. Kanwal Goyal, Advocate and Ms. Sheena Dahiya, Advocaate, for the respondent-HPSC

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TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA J. (ORAL):

The petition has been filed, inter alia, seeking a writ of

mandamus directing the respondent to recheck and revaluate the

petitioner's answer sheet of subject knowledge test for the post of Post

Graduate Teacher (PGT)-History, Rest of Haryana cadre, held during the

selection process pursuant to advertisement no.28 of 2023 dated

24.6.2023.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to point out

any provision in the advertisement or any other rule or regulation which

entitles the petitioner to seek rechecking or revaluation of answer sheet.

The law in this regard stands settled by the Supreme Court vide judgment

rendered in H.P. Public Service Commission v. Mukesh Thakur and

another, 2010 (6) SCC 759, holding that no direction for revaluation

should be issued unless there is provision for the same. It could also not

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be shown even prima facie that any material error has been committed in

the evaluation.