Ankit Kumar Tiwari v. State of U.P. and 2 Others

Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 17907 of 2023 Petitioner :- Ankit Kumar Tiwari Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Arvind Srivastava,Bhavesh Singh Jadaun Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C,Siddharth Singhal Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J.

¶1Heard learned counsel for the parties.

¶2Petitioner has approached this Court for a writ in the nature of writ of certiorari to quash the result dated

03.07.2023 declared by U.P. Subordinate Services Selection Commission, namely, respondent no.2 for the post of Junior Engineer (Civil). Pursuant to the selection held in respect of advertisement issued in the year 2016, the petitioner claims to be in EWS category and as per his own assessment he should secure 575 marks and therefore, the last cut off in the EWS being 569.50, he has a fair chance of finding place in the merit list.

¶3Per contra, it is submitted by learned counsel appearing for the Commission that the petitioner has been rightly allotted the marks and there is no discrepancy in conducting assessment of the OMR sheet and consequential preparation of result. However, he submits that petitioner may apply for evaluated OMR answersheet and if he makes a representation in the said regard that may be directed to be considered in accordance with law.

¶4In view of the above, this petition stands disposed of with direction to the petitioner to make a representation in respect of his grievance regarding supply of requisite OMR sheet within two weeks from today. In the event any such representation is made by the petitioner the same shall be decided within a further period of two weeks. Order Date :- 26.10.2023 Deepika High Court of Judicature at Allahabad