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The petition has been filed inter alia seeking a writ of certiorari quashing advertisement 20/2023, Annexure P-2, whereby various non-teaching posts in the respondent University, earlier advertised vide advertisements 02/2022 and 02/2023, have been re-advertised.

2. The petitioner is an applicant for the post of Clerk as a General category candidate for which one post has been advertised. The grievance raised by learned counsel for the petitioner is that the process of selection as notified by the University vide advertisement 02/2022, was changed and a different selection criteria was followed, which prejudiced the petitioner's rights. Secondly, he contended that the petitioner appeared for the typing test and cleared the same. Thereafter, he appeared for the written test as well, and was shortlisted for Domain Knowledge and Computer Proficiency Test of twenty marks. Certain questions of the written test were wrong, however, he could not object to the same as the University did not permit him to retain the question paper. Lastly, it is contended that the procedure of recruitment laid CWP-27672-2025 (O&M) 2 down by the Government vide memo dated 06.08.2024, Annexure P-8, has not been followed in carrying out the selection which renders it illegal.

3. Learned counsel for the University, at the outset, apologizes for the wrong statement made regarding non-appearance of the petitioner in the Domain Knowledge and Computer Proficiency Test, as recorded in the order dated 30.09.2025. It was made only on account of miscommunication in his

4. The apology being bona fide is accepted.

5. He, however, submits that pursuant to the interim order passed by this Court, dated 30.09.2025, a copy of the question paper has been given to the petitioner on 04.10.2025, but he has failed to submit objection regarding any of the questions of the written test so far. Besides, he has duly participated in the selection process and appeared for the Domain Knowledge and Computer Proficiency Test also; final result whereof is still to be declared. It is also contended that the criteria of selection laid down in advertisement 20/2023 has been followed, as by this advertisement the non-teaching posts earlier advertised vide advertisements 02/2022 and 02/2023 were re-advertised. In terms of the criteria of selection, the candidates were required to take type test of thirty-five marks; written test of forty marks, and Domain Knowledge and Computer Proficiency Test of twenty marks. He also contends that the guidelines/instructions issued by the State Government from time to time for carrying out the selection process have duly been followed. In this regard, he has referred to the following paragraphs of the affidavit, dated 13.10.2025, filed by the Registrar of the University:

(ii) The University has videographed all the selection process with regard to the posts of Clerk including Type Test, Written Test and Domain Knowledge and Computer Proficiency Test.

7. That in compliance to the order dated 30.09.2025 passed by the Hon'ble Court, the petitioner was handed over the Question paper of the Written Test held on 02.08.2025 vide letter dated 04.10.2025 and the same was received by the petitioner. The letter dated 04.10.2025 with receiving of the petitioner is appended herewith as Annexure A-4. It is pertinent to mention here that as per the important conditions mentioned in the Admit Card (Annexure P-3) issued to the petitioner it was specifically mentioned that the evaluation of the OMR answer sheets of the CWP-27672-2025 (O&M) 4 2025.PHHC: 150512 candidate will be done through computer software and no manual evaluation will be done and there will be no provision of re- evaluation of OMR answer sheet. To conclude the recruitment process in a time frame, the petitioner was denied the question paper and the OMR sheet etc. during the ongoing selection process.