Patel Dineshkumar Ratilal & vs State Of Gujarat & on 2 July, 2014
5. Mr. K.B. Pujara, learned counsel appearing on behalf
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of the petitioners invited the attention of the court to the
advertisement dated 14th February, 2014 issued by the Gujarat
State Primary Education Selection Committee and Director of
Primary Education whereby applications came to be invited
from candidates seeking appointment on the posts of Vidya
Sahayak in the primary schools run by the District Education
Committees for the year 2014, to point out that there is no
provision made which permits the respondents to gross the
marks obtained by the candidate in all the attempts. Referring
to the general instructions in the said advertisement and more
particularly, clause (15) thereof, it was pointed out that the
computation of merit is required to be made in terms of the
Government Resolutions mentioned therein namely, the
Government Resolutions dated 27th April, 2011, 3rd May, 2012
and 18th May, 2012. Referring to the said government
resolutions, it was pointed out that none of them provide for
adopting the course of action as adopted by the respondents
of grossing the marks obtained by a candidate in all the
attempts. Reliance was placed upon an unreported decision of
this court in the case of Patel Hareshkumar Rameshbhai v.
State of Gujarat rendered on 29th April, 2008 in Special Civil
Application No.24535/2007 wherein in the facts of the said
case, 1% marks had been deducted from the total marks of the
concerned candidate as the candidate had first attempted in
the Science Stream and had thereafter taken another attempt
in the General Stream. Before the court, it was pointed out that
the Director of Primary Education in his own wisdom had
ordered for deduction of 1% marks where Vidya Sahayak
recruitment is concerned for the purpose of determining the
merit, if the candidate had taken more than one attempt. The
court found that no source was identified for the aforesaid
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instructions. It was observed that there was no source
available to make such orders to the Director over and above
the Government policy and moreover, such change was not
notified in the advertisement or otherwise by the respondents.
The court held that the Director had overreached the State
Government policy and that he had no power to formulate
such scheme whereby the established schemes of the
Government turn prejudicial to the candidate. The court,
accordingly, directed that the case of the said petitioner be
rejudged by adding 1% marks in his merit. Mr. Pujara
accordingly urged that the said decision would be squarely
applicable to the facts of the present case where the scheme
for recruitment does not provide for aggregation of marks
obtained at different attempts and as such, the petition
deserves to be allowed.