“What percent is 7 paise of Rs. 75?”

According to Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB), the correct answer is 28/3 (i.e. 9.33%). Whether correct answer is 28/3 (i.e. 9.33%) or 7/75 (i.e. 0.0933 %), will be decided by an Expert Committee – Appointment on the post of TGT Sanskrit (Male) Post Code = 144/17. Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi [Sandeep Kumar Vs. Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board; O.A. No. 1294/2019; decided on 25.04.2019]

25^th April, 2019 – Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Principal Bench New Delhi, directed the DSSSB to refer the question to an expert committee which shall examine the aforesaid question and submit its report to the DSSSB.

Sandeep Kumar appeared in a written examination conducted by the DSSSB for appointment on the post of TGT Sanskrit (Male) Post Code = 144/17. He scored 105 Marks but could not get selection because of 1 question i.e. Question No. 56 = What percent is 7 paise of Rs. 75? The Question was having 4 options i.e. (A) 28/3, (B) 3/28, (C) 7/75 and (D) “None of these”. Sandeep answered option ‘C’, whereas according to DSSSB, the correct answer is option ‘A’. 0.25 were deducted from the total marks of Sandeep on account of giving wrong answer. Being aggrieved, Sandeep approached the CAT by filing an Original Application [O.A. No. 1294/2019].

Anuj Aggarwal, Tenzing Thinlay Lepcha and Saurabh Ahuja, Advocates, appearing for the applicant (Sandeep Kumar), submitted that the correct answer of the aforesaid question was option ‘C’ i.e. 7/75. It was also submitted that because of the arbitrary action of the DSSSB, the applicant was illegally denied appointment on the post of TGT Sanskrit.

Hon'ble Mr. Justice L. Narasimha Reddy (Chairman) and Hon'ble Mr. Mohd. Jamshed Member (A), hearing the Original Application, on 25.04.2019, directed the DSSSB to refer the question to an expert committee which shall examine the said question and submit its report to the DSSSB in a time bound manner.