• Normalisation in Exam with different difficulty level

Sir , I appeared in SSC CGL 2017 , 9 the Aug 2017 . The exam was conducted from 5th Aug to 23 rd august 2017. There was a huge difference in the difficulty level of exams , some shifts were really tough and some really easy . SSC in a reply to a RTI  has said that they don't use rationalisation . sir this is complete injustice to candidates who got their shifts difficult as the candidates who scored high marks in the easy shifts will increase the cut off . can we move the court asking SSC to either make Tier 1 qualifying only or to use rationalisation . Please guide asap sir 
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And what is the criteria through whoch youbare judging that questions were difficult or easy?

Plus was this MCQ or long answer type?

Also since there is no malafide behind this classification therefore you will not succeed even if you move to court. Tell the facts in detail so that I can give you some concrete opinion

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Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
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The objective of having different set of papers is to prevent cheating in exams

2) even if you file writ in HC you may not get any reliefs as court would not direct results to be used only for qualifying purposes

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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1.Any injustice of evaluation and examination process is amenable to judicial review if the same does not have nexus with the object of the test.

2.SO if you can base your argument with clear data and statistics then you can challenge this examination schedule by filing a writ petition in high court.

3.But before that you will have to send a written representation to the SSC with seeking redressal of your grievance in a time bound manner.

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
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It is not unfair treatment to few candidates

2) objective of board is to have free and fair exams hence different set of papers are set

3) some set of questions may be easy some difficult to answer

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Hii,, the SSC has thier Own criteria for setting up difficulty of papers .. If is not governed by any rule or a procedure of difficulty level to be followed.. However you can file a writ in high court , to find the relief you are seeking

Hemant Chaudhary
Advocate, Gurgaon
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what I am saying is that yes you can go ahead and file a Writ for the same in the High Court but it will be difficult for you to get some fruitful result, still you may go ahead and try your luck.

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Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
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- Approach the High Court and challenge the relevant rules framed by SSC regarding EVALUATION while alleging that without a provision for rationalisation/moderation/scaling, it is impossible to meet you equal treatment to all the candidates.

- There can be no discrimination amongst similarly placed candidates, both of whom appear for SSC CGL on the mere ground that one of them writes an easier paper.

-Seek a stay on results as an interim measure.

Vibhanshu Srivastava
Advocate, Lucknow
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You can make representations to the SSc venting out your grievances and difficulties due to the partisan law and the discriminating policy followed by the board for different sets of people for the same examination.

You may get the reply to move further legally by filing a writ petition before high court or a PIL seeking relief and remedy for the the affected lot.

The courts normally do not interfere in the policy decisions.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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Criteria of judging difficulty is getting it evaluated by different teachers who have vast knowledge in the field , secondly questions in difficult shift involved more calculations than others. Exam was a MCQ type , but sir I agree there is no malafide behind this , but then it is a sheer luck by chance if your shift falls in the easy slot . Does following normalization going to cost them anything , at least candidates will be assured of fair treatment . sir you yourself will agree that setting paper for 43 different shifts is not easy , and it is bound to happen that level of difficulty may vary . if Bank exams can follow normalisation then why can't SSC . setting 43 shift papers with same difficulty level is not possible , then why this unfair treatment to few candidates

What you consider unfair for certain type of candidates may be very fair and beneficial to other candidates, hence this disparity may not find any relief even if it is disputed in a court of law.

Everyone's thinking will be different to that of others hence agitating over the policy decisions may not fetch any fruit, however nothing restricts you to file a PIL in this regard so that the court may also get the public aware of the current scenario of the steps or measures adopted by SSC in this regard.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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