Saturday, March 16, 2019

14 March 2019 – Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) - Recruitment on the post of Physical Education Teacher (Post Code - 90/17) with 919 vacancies – Challenge to 5 questions asked by DSSSB in the written examination – CAT directed the DSSSB to refer the disputed 5 questions [question Nos. 44, 119, 182, 183 & 200] to an Expert Committee – Expert Committee shall give its report within 1 week – further steps in selection to be taken after the report of Expert Committee is obtained by the DSSSB


Vide Advertisement dated 20.12.2017, DSSSB invited applications, inter alia, for the post of Physical Education Teacher (Post Code = 90/17) with 919 vacancies. On 16.09.2018, written examination was conducted by the DSSSB. On 09.01.2019, final answer key was uploaded by the DSSSB wherein the answers/options to 5 questions [question Nos. 44, 119, 182, 183 & 200], as given by the DSSSB in the answer key, were wrong.

22 candidates, being aggrieved by the aforesaid 5 questions, challenged the same before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, by way of 22 separate Original Applications (lead OA No. 580/2019).

Anuj Aggarwal, Advocate, counsel for the applicants, argued that the candidates/applicants should not suffer/penalized for giving the right answer. It was also argued that the text books, published by the Delhi Government itself, shows that the answers given by the applicants were correct answers/options.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy & Hon’ble Member (A) Mr. Mohd. Jamshed, Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi, appreciating the submissions made on behalf of the applicants, directed the DSSSB to refer the disputed 5 questions to an Expert Committee, which shall give its report within 1 week. It was also declared/directed by the Hon’ble CAT that further steps in selection shall be taken by the DSSSB only after the report of Expert Committee is obtained by the DSSSB.




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