Case Note & Summary
This batch of writ petitions came before the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jodhpur, all involving identical questions of fact and law concerning appointments to the post of Physical Training Instructor, Grade-III. The lead petition was S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 11414/2025, filed by Babul Kalal, with several connected petitions filed by other similarly placed candidates, namely Rekha Patel, Bhagwan Singh, Ashok Kumar, Seema Upadhyay, Pawan Singh Rathore, Prabhu Lal Patel, Prakash Patel, Tarun Patidar, and Jyoti Patidar. The respondents were the State of Rajasthan through its Department of Secondary Education, the Director of Secondary Education, the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board (RSSB), and the District Education Officer (Recruitment), Directorate of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner. In one connected petition, Sant Gadbe Baba Amarwati University was also a respondent. The dispute arose from a recruitment process initiated by the RSSB in 2018 for the post of Physical Training Instructor, Grade-III. The petitioners appeared in the selection process conducted by the RSSB in 2018 and were declared successful. Thereafter, the RSSB forwarded their names to the competent authority for issuance of appointment orders. However, the petitioners alleged that they were not appointed, and they challenged an order dated 28.03.2025, marked as Annexure-8, which apparently stated reasons for non-selection or rejection. In their prayers, the petitioners sought a writ, order, or direction to declare the reasons in the impugned order dated 28.03.2025 illegal and to quash it. They also sought a declaration that their degrees for recruitment to the post of PTI 2022 were genuine and verified, and a direction to the respondents to provide appointment to them for the post of PTI Recruitment 2022 in their respective categories. Further, they prayed for monetary, notional, and all consequential benefits, and for any other appropriate relief. The court noted that the present batch of writ petitions proceeded on identical questions of fact and law and, with the consent of learned counsel for the respective parties, they were heard together and were being decided by a common judgment. The court reserved judgment on 25 May 2026 and pronounced the order on 9 July 2026. The available text of the judgment does not include the parties' detailed arguments, the court's analysis of the merits, the legal principles applied, or the final operative directions. Consequently, the specific grounds on which the impugned order was challenged, the evidence regarding degree verification, and the ultimate outcome of the writ petitions cannot be ascertained from the provided excerpt. The judgment is marked as reportable, indicating that the court considered the matter to involve a substantial question of law, but the full reasoning and final decision are not contained in the text supplied.
Headnote
A) Service Law - Recruitment - Physical Training Instructor Grade-III - No specific statute cited - The petitioners challenged an order dated 28.03.2025 rejecting their candidature for appointment as Physical Training Instructor Grade-III and sought declaration that their degrees are genuine and verified, along with a direction for appointment to PTI Recruitment 2022 in their category. The High Court heard the connected writ petitions together, treating S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 11414/2025 as the lead case. The available text does not include the court's final reasoning or direction. (Paras 1-3)
Issue of Consideration
Whether the reason stated in the impugned order dated 28.03.2025 rejecting petitioners' candidature for appointment as Physical Training Instructor Grade-III is illegal and arbitrary; whether petitioners' degrees are genuine and verified for recruitment to the post of PTI 2022; whether non-selection of petitioners by respondents is illegal and unconstitutional
Final Decision
Not mentioned in provided text (judgment reserved and pronounced but final operative order not included in excerpt)
