HC orders further one mark every for PSTET-I candidates who write examination in Punjabi

On Wednesday, a division bench of Justices Augustine George Masih and Vikram Agarwal handed the order whereas listening to the LPA (Letter Patent Appeal) filed by Suresh Kumar and others by means of advocate Alka Chatrath.

The appellant in his attraction sought ex-gratia marks for query numbers 96 and 123 within the query booklet (Series B) of Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test-I 2017.

The bench was informed that the declare was primarily based on a judgment handed by the High Court in one other case the place one of many two questions was equivalent within the PSTET-II of 2017. The appellants argued {that a} single decide was listening to the matter. The petition was allowed by giving one mark to every.

The counsel for the appellants has knowledgeable the court docket that the final date to use for the put up of ETT is November 10, 2022 and they’re apprehending that by that point the outcome is not going to be revised by the competent authority.

However, counsel for the Respondents argued that the candidate wouldn’t be entitled to the stated profit within the mild of Clause 10.

The HC noticed that, “Having regard to the factual claims and the findings recorded above, since the appellants No. l and 2 have obtained the minimum qualifying marks required to pass PSTET, they may submit their forms for the post of ETT. would be entitled to fill.”

The court docket directed that the revised outcome be revealed on the earliest by giving one mark to every candidate who tried the paper in Punjabi as per the above instructions. “All the candidates, who, by giving one grace mark, have become eligible to fill the form for the post of ETT, are permitted to fill the form online on or before November 10,” the court docket stated in its order.