ARUN BHANSALI,J. - (1.) These writ petitions have been filed by the petitioners questioning the validity of the list of candidates called for document verification dated 22.07.2019 pursuant to the advertisement dated 25.05.2018 for recruitment to the post of Agriculture Supervisor based on their challenge to the revised / final answer key dated 22.07.2019 issued by the respondent- Board pursuant to the written test held by the respondent for appointment to the post of Agriculture Supervisor.
(2.) It is, inter-alia, indicated in the writ petitions that an advertisement dated 22.07.2019 was issued by the respondents for recruitment to the post of Agriculture Supervisor. The advertisement provided for the procedure for selection and the scheme of written examination alongwith syllabus wherein, the question paper was divided into three parts with fixed number of questions for each part in total 100 with maximum 400 marks i.e. 04 marks for each question. It was also provided that for each wrong answer, 01 mark would be deducted.
(3.) After the written test was held on 03.03.2019, the preliminary answer key was issued by the respondents, to which the petitioners filed objections. Whereafter the result was declared on 22.07.2019 by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board ('the Board'), whereby 1.5 times candidates of the number of vacancies advertised were called for document verification. At the end of the result, details of set-wise deleted questions were indicated, whereby in all 10 questions were deleted alongwith the formula adopted for calculation of marks. The formula for calculation of marks reads as under :- ...[VARNACULAR TEXT UMITTED]... Total Marks of a Candidate= Sof [(RQ x KF)] - 1/3 [(WQ x KF)] S = Sum of Marks in all Sections / Subjects RQ= Right Questions of a Particular Section/Subject KF= Key Factor= Maximum Marks X Total No. of a Particular Section/Subject Total No. of Questions Number of Valid Questions of a Particular Section / Subject" The final answer key was also issued alongwith the cut-off marks category-wise for candidates, who were called for document verification. The petitioners, who failed to get included in the list of candidates called for document verification / are dissatisfied with the final answer key, have filed the present writ petitions. ;