Central
Administrative Tribunal, on 18.12.2017 in “Munesh Kumari vs. Govt. of NCT of
Delhi & Ors.” [O. A. No. 4472/2017], directed the Delhi Subordinate
Services Selection Board (DSSSB) to not to declare the result of all the
candidates who had appeared in the written examination conducted for
appointment on the post of Primary Teachers in MCD [Post Code 16/17].
On
29.10.2017, a written examination was conducted by the DSSSB for selecting the
candidates for appointment on the post of primary teachers in MCD. The said
examination was conducted at 233 centers all over Delhi and more than 1 Lakh
candidates appeared in the said examination seeking appointment on 4366
vacancies.
Anuj
Aggarwal, Advocate, appearing for Smt. Munesh Kumari, one of the candidate who
had appeared in the said written examination and who was aggrieved by the
leakage of the question paper, argued that the said written examination stood
vitiated because the question paper of the said examination was leaked prior to
the commencement of the examination. He further argued that it is a case of
large scale cheating and it is impossible to separate the genuine candidates
and the candidates who had availed the benefit of leaked question paper and
illegal means.
Accepting
the argument advanced by Anuj Aggarwal, Advocate, the CAT issued notice to the Lt.
Governor, Delhi Government, DSSSB, Delhi Police and all the 3 MCDs. CAT further
directed the DSSSB to not to declare the result of the written examination till
the next date of hearing. CAT also directed the DSSSB to submit a detailed
reply/status report within 3 weeks. CAT also directed the Delhi Police to
submit its investigation report. The next date of hearing is 16.01.2018.
It
may be noted that on 20.11.2017, in the aforesaid paper leak case, the Hon’ble
Chief Minister of Delhi Shri Arvind Kejriwal had directed the DSSSB to cancel the
examination with immediate effect and submit the compliance report by
21.11.2017. The DSSSB has till date failed to comply with the aforesaid directions
issued by the Hon’ble Chief Minister.
It
may also be noted that 85 other candidates, who were aggrieved by the leakage
of question of paper and large scale cheating, had approached the Hon’ble CAT
on 13.11.2017 by way of an Original Application No. 3961/2017 titled “Naveen
Kumar & Ors. vs. DSSSB & Ors.”. In the said case, Delhi Police has
filed a status report which clearly shows that the question paper was leaked
prior to the commencement of examination and it is a case of large scale
cheating using mobile phones, laptops, electronic devices, sim cards,
bluetooth, etc.
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