SANJAY KUMAR SINGH Vs. U.P.PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION,ALLAHABAD AND OTHERS
LAWS(ALL)-2008-9-186
HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Decided on September 24,2008

SANJAY KUMAR SINGH Appellant
VERSUS
U.P.Public Service Commission,Allahabad Respondents

JUDGEMENT

AMITAVA LALA, J. - (1.) THIS writ petition has been filed by the petitioner in person challenging main result dated 14th June, 2008, final result dated 21st June, 2008 of Provincial Civil Service, 2005 upon being participated and become unsuccessful.
(2.) LAW is categorical to this extent that an unsuccessful candidate after participating in the examination cannot turn around and challenge the selection process before the Court. It is also reflected from the judgment of the Supreme Court reported in Supreme Court Service Rulings Vol. 3 page 577, (Swaran Lata v. Union of India and others) which has been followed by the High Courts and Su­preme Court on numerous occasions. It is well-settled law by now that the Court cannot substitute its view over and above the view of the Commission. The peti­tion has taken another point in view of the judgment reported in JT 2007 (2) SC 534, Sanjay Singh and another v. U.P. Public Service Commission, Allahabad and another to establish that the Commission has adopted scaling system de hors the law laid down under the Supreme Court judgment. So far as the scaling system is concerned, the Supreme Court has made observations on various as­pects of the matter but one aspect is clarified categorically that main purpose of introduction of scaling system is to evaluate the marking between two types of examiners i.e. one is strict and another is liberal. Upon making such analysis the Supreme Court also held to that extent as follows : "S.C. Dixit, therefore, upheld scaling on two conclusions, namely (i) that the scaling formula was adopted by the Commission after an expert study and in such matters, Court will not interfere unless it is proved to be arbitrary and unreasonable; and (ii) the scaling system adopted by the Commission eliminated the inconsistency arising on account of examiner variability (differ­ence due to evaluation by strict examiners and liberal examiners." (Emphasis supplied) Supreme Court further held as follows: "In fact the Commission may continue to adopt the said system of scal­ing, where a comparative assessment is to be made of candidates having option to take different subjects." (Emphasis supplied) Therefore, from our reading, the Commission is not debarred from adopting scaling system provided it falls within the parameter prescribed by the Supreme Court under the judgment of San/ay Singh (supra). In the case in hand, the petitioner wanted to establish the case on the basis of apprehension by calling records of other candidates from the respondents, which is not permissible under the law unless he proves his own case. In addition thereto we do not find anything to say that the scaling system has been adopted for compulsory subjects. It has only been restricted for optional subjects that too apparently within the parameters of law. Moreover, by adding the scaling scores, we find that the total marks of the petitioner has been increased. For an example in one of the optional paper i.e. law paper II the actual marks was 56 which has been increased upto 87.2 by adopting scaling system. Therefore, neither we find any arbitrariness in awarding marks by the Commission nor the petitioner suffered any prejudice by application of the scaling system adopted by the Commission.
(3.) HENCE , in totality, we do not find any cause to interfere with the process of selection applied by the Commission. As a result whereof the writ petition fails and is, accordingly, dismissed.;


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