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Index Sl. Particulars of Document Page No. of Parts to Remarks No. which it belongs Part 1 Part II (Contents (Contents of Paper of File Book) alone) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) 1. Court Fee A A 2. Listing Proforma A1-A2 A1-A2 3. Cover page of Paper Book A-3 4. Index of record of Proceedings A-4 5. Defect List A-5 6. Note Sheet NS1 to ... 7. Synopsis and List of Dates B – W 8. Writ Petition with affidavit 1 – 48 9. Appendix : True Copy of relevant 49 portion of Art 14 of Constitution of India 1949 10. Annexure P-1: True copy of the 50 – 52 National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), 9th Class (Democratic Politics), Chapter 6: Democratic Rights p.109 only, dated 2017 11. Ann exure P-2: True copy of the 53 – 55 New NCERT, 11th Class, Introduction to Indian Constitution, pp.66-67 only, dated 2017 12. Annexure P-3: True copy of the 56 – 58 ‘Oxford Handbook on Indian Constitution’, by Sujit Choudhry, Oxford University Press, p.88 only, dated 2016 13. Annexure P-4: True copy of the 59 National Institute of Open Schooling book: Ancient India, Course Code 315, Module-1 Lesson-3: Harappan Civilization, p.37 only, dated 2017 14. Annexure P-5: True copy of the 60 - 66 “A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India From the Stone Age to the 12th Century”, pp.157-158 only, dated 2015 15. Annexure P-6: True copy of the 67 – 68 “Ancient India”, by Makhan Lal, Old NCERT Text Book for Class 11th, p.74 only, dated 2002 16. Annexure P-7: True Copy of the 69 – 70 “History of Ancient India”, Motilal Banarasi Dass Publishers, Rama Shankar Tripathi, p.39 only, dated 2014 17. Annexure P-8: True copy of the 71 Terracotta of Horse at National Museum, New Delhi, dated 2017 18. Annexure P-9: True copy of the 72 – 77 “Harappan Civilization: An Analysis in Modern Context” by Deep Raj Gupta, Source: http://ignca.nic.in/nl002308.html , dated 2017 19. Annexure P-10: True copy of the 78 – 81 “The Wonder that was India” by A.L. Basham, Picador Publication, pp.17-18, dated 2016 20. Annexure P-11: True copy of the 82 – 84 Tamil Nadu State Government Publication, Class 11, p.20, dated 2017 21. Annexure P-12: True copy of the 85 – 89 Old NCERT, 11th Class, Ancient India by RS Sharma, pp.38-39, dated 1990 22. Annexure P-13: True Copy of 90 – 92 R.C. Majumdar (Laxmi Publications Pvt Ltd) Advanced History of India, p.19, dated 2016 23. Annexure P-14: True Copy of 93 – 94 “Critical Habitat Information System for Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat”, Department of Ocean Development, Government of India, p.5 only, dated 2002 24. Annexure P-15: True Copy of 95 Gujarat Government website details on Bhavnagar: https://bhavnagardp.gujarat.gov. in/bhavnagar/english/jillavishe/hi storical-places/nishkalank- mahadev.htm, dated 2017 25. Annexure P-16: True copy of the 96 – 97 ‘Tidal tables for Bhavnagar, INCOIS, Hyderabad’ http://www.incois.gov.in/docume nts/IMD%20Training_SRINIVAS_ INCOIS_tides.pdf,pp.16-17,dated 2014 26. Annexure P-17: True copy of the 98– 101 Information on Chandipur, Official Website,’http://odishatourism.go v.in/?q=node/97’, Government of Odisha, dated 2017 27. Annexure P-18: True copy of the 102 – 116 Email representations from Petitioners no. 1-9, 11, 14, 15, and 18 made to UPSC, dated 2017 28. Annexure P-19: True copy of the 117 Question No. 8, Set A of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016., dated 2016 29. Annexure P-20: True copy of the 118-119 Official Answer Key of Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016, dated 2016 30. Annexure P-21: True copy of the 120 Official document from the website of International Finance Corporation http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/con nect/corp_ext_content/ifc_extern al_corporate_site/about+ifc_new , dated 2017 31. Annexure P-22: True copy of the 121 – 122 World Bank Official website: http://www.worldbank.org/en/w ho-we-are, dated 2017 32. Annexure P-23: True copy of the 123 Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2011 Q.11, Set A., dated 2011 33. Annexure P-24: True copy of the 124-125 Official Answer Key, Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2011, Set A, dated 2011 34. Annexure P-25: True copy of the 126 – 144 Constitutional 73rd Amendment Act, dated 2017 35. Annexure P-26: True copy of the 145 – 166 Constitutional 74th Amendment Act, dated 2017 36. Annexure P-27: True copy of the 167 – 168 Letter from UPSC to Mr. Shashi Tharoor for UPSC CS Mains Essay 2016, dated 2016 37. Annexure P-28: True copy of the 169 – 175 Compilation of Notices, Advertisements released from various State Public Service Commissions regarding Objections over Answer keys and Revised Answer Key release subsequently, dated 2017 38. Annexure P-29: True copy of the 176 – 177 order of in Writ Petition 564 of 2017 which was dismissed by the Supreme Court, dated 2017 39. Annexure P-30: True copy of the 178 – 183 email replies from the UPSC in response to representation email sent by petitioners, dated 2017 40. F/M 41. Vakalatnama A-1 Proforma for First Listing Section ______ The case pertains to (Please tick/check the correct box): Central Act: (Title) _Constitution of India, 1949_ Section: _Article 14_________ Central Rule: (Title) _NA_________________ Rule No(s): _NA_________________ State Act: (Title) _NA_________________ Section: _NA_________________ State Rule: (Title) _NA_________________ Rule No(s) _NA_________________ Impugned Interim Order: (Date) _NA_________________ Impugned Final Order: (Date) _NA_________________ Name of Judges: _NA_________________ Tribunal/Authority: _NA_________________ 1. Nature of matter: 2. (a) Petitioner/appellant No.1: _Mr Vishal Rathi_ (b) e-mail ID: [email protected]_ (c) Mobile phone number: _+917838846880_ 3. (a) Respondent No.1: _Union Public Service Commission_ (b) e-mail ID: _NA_________________ (c) Mobile phone number: _NA_________________ 4. (a) Main category classification: ____________________ (b) Sub classification: ____________________ A-2 5. Not to be listed before: _NA_________________ 6. Similar/Pending matter: _NA_________________ 7. Criminal Matters: (a) Whether accused/convict has surrendered: (b) FIR No. _NA________________ Date: _NA________________ (c) Police Station: _NA_________________ (d) Sentence Awarded: _NA________________ (e) Sentence Undergone: _NA________________ 8. Land Acquisition Matters: (a) Date of section 4 notification: _NA_________________ (b) Date of section 6 notification: _NA_________________ (c) Date of section 17 notification: _NA_________________ 9. Tax Matters: State the tax effect: _NA_________________ 10. Special Category (first petitioner/appellant only): 11. Vehicle Number (in case of Motor Accident Claim matters): _NA_ 12. Decided cases with citation: _NA_________________ Date: 13.9.2017 Mr. Satya Mitra AOR for petitioner(s)/appellant(s) Registration No.1852 Email: [email protected] A-3 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Civil Original Jurisdiction Writ Petition (Civil) No. of 2017 (under Article 32 of the Constitution of India) In the matter of: Vishal Rathi & Ors. …Petitioner Versus Union Public Service Commission …Respondent Paper Book (for index, please see inside) Delhi 12 September 2017 Advocate for the Petitioner: Mr Satya Mitra A-4 Index of Record of Proceedings Sn. Date of Records of Proceedings Pages 1. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 2. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 3. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 4. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 5. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 6. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 7. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 8. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 9. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 10. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 11. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 12. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 13. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 14. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… 15. Court’s order dated…………………………………………… B Synopsis 1. This writ petition is filed in respect of the Civil Services Preliminary Examinations conducted by the UPSC on 18.6.2017 where 4,62,000 students participated. According to the UPSC there was only one correct answer to each question. According to the petitioners at least 4 questions out of 100 were framed in such a manner as to be ambiguous and not structured coherently so that there were 2 equally plausible correct answers. In such a circumstance, a more astute student would know that from authoritative texts two correct answers were possible. Such a student would avoid answering the question at all since negative marks were awarded for a wrong answer. The result would be that such a student would either lose 2 marks for the question not answered or lose 2.67 marks for choosing an answer not corresponding to the ‘key’. Key is the list of correct answers. It has not been disclosed by UPSC and it is said that it will be disclosed at the end of the merit exam, almost after a year. This is arbitrary and prevents the students from making good their case that the correct answers were either not correct at all or were not the only correct answer. 2. To explain this submission petitioner has prepared the following table: C Q1. Right to Answer 1: (c) Constitutional Right, because: vote and to (i) “For example, the right to property is not a be elected in Fundamental Right but it is a constitutional right. India is a Right to vote in elections is an important a) Fundamen constitutional right.” — ‘Democratic Politics’, p.109, tal Right. NCERT Text Book for Class 9th, (Annexure P-1, pp.50-52) b) Natural Right. (ii) “One of the important decisions of the framers of India Constitution was to guarantee every adult c) Constitutio citizen in India, the right to vote (Article 326)” — nal Right. ‘Introduction to Indian Constitution’, p.66, NCERT d) Legal Right Text Book for Class 11th, (Annexure P-2, pp.53-55) (iii) “21.