JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday issued notices to principal secretary (education), DGP, director of primary education, and secretary of the board of secondary education on a petition seeking a CBI probe into charges of question paper leak and other malpractices during the REET exam held on September 26.
While issuing notice to officials, the court of Justice Indrajeet Singh posted the hearing to October 27, said counsel for the petitioner, RP Saini.
The petitioner said the question paper in Gangapur city in Sawai Madhopur was leaked at 8.30am when the exam was to begin at 10am.
The leaked paper was found with constable Devendra Singh. The petitioner said the constable had distributed the question paper to many candidates after taking money before the exam began.
An FIR (402/21) has been filed at Gangapur city police station in this connection. Similar cases were reported at many other places and police had filed FIRs and arrested many officials, including police personnel, involved in paper leaks. The petitioner sought the cancellation of the examination while seeking a CBI probe.
The Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education (RBSE) was the nodal agency to conduct REET on the basis of which 33,000 grade-3 teachers were to be appointed. More than 16 lakh aspirants had sat for the exam and the state government had made elaborate arrangements, including free travel for candidates. The government, so far, has taken action against about two dozen government employees, including RAS and RPS officers, for their involvement in malpractices. The SOG is also conducting an investigation into the charges.
