Rajasthan High Court Directs Consideration of Representation for Correction of Subject in RPSC Assistant Professor Application
Case Title: Archana Chaudhary v. State of Rajasthan & Ors., S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18962/2025
Date of Judgment: 06.12.2025
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, through Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ashok Kumar Jain, decided S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 18962/2025 filed by Ms. Archana Chaudhary. The petitioner, aged about 33 years and resident of Jaipur, had approached the Court seeking relief in relation to her online application for the post of Assistant Professor (College Education) – 2025. Her grievance was that in Application No. 202549023583, her subject had been recorded as “Hindi” instead of “Geography,” which according to her did not match her academic qualification and earlier application record.
In the writ petition, the petitioner prayed for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction to the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) to correct the subject in her application from “Hindi” to “Geography.” She further sought a direction that her candidature be considered for the post of Assistant Professor in the subject of Geography and that she be permitted to participate in all subsequent stages of the recruitment process accordingly. Along with this, she requested that the Court quash and set aside the verbal or oral refusal allegedly made by the Commission in regard to consideration of her representation, and that the respondents be directed to pass a reasoned and speaking order on her representation dated 01.12.2025.
During the course of arguments, learned counsel for the petitioner referred to a Division Bench judgment of the Rajasthan High Court in Union of India and Ors. v. Harendra Gawaria and Ors., reported as 2022 Supreme (Raj.) 643. On the strength of this decision, it was submitted that the controversy raised by the petitioner already stood covered and resolved. Relying on this precedent, it was urged that the petitioner may at least be granted permission to submit an appropriate representation before the competent authority so that her grievance regarding correction of the subject and consideration of candidature could be examined in accordance with law.
The Court considered the grievance raised by the petitioner in the light of the submissions made. Instead of granting the substantive relief of direct correction of the subject in the application form or issuing a positive mandamus to treat the petitioner as a Geography candidate, the Court chose to dispose of the writ petition by providing a structured remedy through representation. The Court granted liberty to the petitioner to submit a detailed representation to the respondents–authority within a period of three days, raising all grounds available to her with respect to the error in the subject and its impact on her candidature.
The Court also issued clear directions to the respondents–authority regarding how such representation was to be dealt with. It directed that the representation be considered and decided after making an enquiry about the grievances raised by the petitioner. This exercise was to be undertaken in the light of the Division Bench judgment in Union of India and Ors. v. Harendra Gawaria and Ors. (supra). The Court further directed that, in case the respondents chose to deviate from the position emerging from the said judgment or otherwise did not accept the petitioner’s claim, they must pass a reasoned and speaking order. This decision was to be taken within a period of seven days from the date of receipt of the representation and in any case before 15th December 2025.
The judgment also places an obligation on the respondents to communicate their decision to the petitioner. It is specifically recorded that the decision must be conveyed either by way of speed post or through e-mail, if the petitioner has provided an e-mail address in her representation. This direction ensures that the petitioner is informed of the outcome in a timely and verifiable manner, enabling her to take further steps, if necessary, without delay.
Finally, the Court preserved the petitioner’s right to seek further judicial remedy. It observed that if, after the decision on her representation, the petitioner still felt aggrieved, she would be at liberty to approach the Court again by filing a fresh petition. With these directions and observations, the writ petition, along with any pending applications, was disposed of.
Through this judgment, the Rajasthan High Court confined itself to providing a procedural route and a time-bound mechanism for redressal of the petitioner’s grievance regarding correction of the subject in her RPSC Assistant Professor (College Education) – 2025 application, without entering into or adjudicating upon the merits of the claim itself.
