The Hon’ble Apex Court in the matter of Civil Appeal No. 3707 of 2020 (Arising out of SLP(C)No.6841 of 2020) Ram Sharan Maurya and Ors. Vs. State of U.P. decided that the State Government was well within its rights to impose a cut off rate criteria for shiksha mitras:-
“It must be accepted that after considering the nature and difficulty level of examination, the number of candidates who appeared, the concerned authorities have the requisite power to select a criteria which may enable getting the best available teachers. Such endeavour will certainly be consistent with the objectives under the RTE Act. In the circumstances, we affirm the view taken by the Division Bench of the High Court and conclude that in the present case, the fixation of cut off at 65-60%, even after the examination was over, cannot be said to be impermissible. In our considered view, the Government was well within its rights to fix such cut off.”