JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court on Friday stayed the declaration of district-wise result of constable recruitment exam 2019.
The court also issued notice to the Deputy Director General of Police, Rajasthan and Inspector General of Police (Recruitment) the over alleged irregularity in district-wise merit list. The matter will be heard again on January 20.
The single bench of Justice S P Sharma issued the order on a petition by Jaheer Ahamad.
The petitioner said the selection for the post of constable is done by issuing a common advertisement for all districts. The vacancies for various districts are also mentioned in the advertisement and a common examination is conducted for all the candidates.
But when the merit list is prepared, the same is prepared district-wise resulting in discrimination between the similarly situated candidates as the cut-off marks for various categories are given differently in different districts.
An example has been mentioned by the petitioner that in Dausa, cut-off marks for general category candidates was 69.75 while that for Sikar 74.5 and for Pratapgarh, it was only 49.75. Thus, different candidates who appeared in the same examination got appointment merely because they applied from different districts.
HC to begin physical hearing from Jan 11
The Rajasthan high court will start physical hearing of cases from January 11. The decision was taken considering the constant decline in Covid-19 cases. It said while continuing with all preventive measures for effective control and containment of spread of Covid, the high court would regularly function from January 11.
According to a notification issued by the registrar general, all the benches of the high court will function regularly from 10.30am to 4.30pm with lunch break from 1pm to 2pm.
The notification said hearing of the matter would be permitted through physical appearance and also video conferencing. In a case, hearing to be conducted simultaneously through physical appearance and video conferencing, the lawyers or parties-in-person opting for video conferencing would intimate the court master of concerned court at least a day before the date of listing cases.