Case file · BSER · surfaced 26 Sept 2021

REET 2021: paper stolen from Jaipur's Shiksha Sankul; Level-II scrapped

Stalled documented status: Charge sheet filed

Confidence C — based on the press record (archived below). No primary documents on file yet; treat names of agencies, dates and figures as reported, not established.

On REET exam day, Bikaner police caught candidates with Bluetooth devices in slippers. The SOG probe found the Level-II paper had been stolen on 24 September from Shiksha Sankul, the Jaipur education-department campus, by a man engaged for paper security through the district coordinator's office. The state cancelled the Level-II exam on 7 February 2022; 71 people were arrested and 65 charge-sheeted per the SOG's report to the High Court, which also ruled out the board chairman's role. The chairman was nonetheless removed. Level-II was re-held in July 2022.

Examination: REET 2021 (Teacher Eligibility)
Conducting body: Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (BSER)
Exam date: 26 Sept 2021
Leak date (as documented): 24 Sept 2021
Surfaced: 26 Sept 2021
States: Rajasthan
Candidates affected: ~16.0 lakh
Leak vector: Strongroom / custody
State govt at the time: Congress
Last reviewed: 11 Jun 2026

Stall clock — no docket movement for

1,435

days (3y 340d) · last movement 2022-07-07

Accountability Gap Index

national average 0.97 / 7 · how this is scored →

3 / 7

✓ FIR within 30 days
✗ Charge sheet within 180 days
✗ Any conviction
✗ Exam cancelled & fully re-held
✗ Fee refund documented
✓ Official permanently removed
✓ Reform gazette-notified

Each milestone scores one point only when the register holds a document for it. The gap is what the missing points describe.

How it surfaced

Who found it

Police investigation

SOG established that the paper left the strongroom chain in Jaipur — a coaching operator obtained it from an education department employee; a constable was caught with it before the exam.

The conducting body's first response

Denied it

The board initially defended the exam; four months later the government cancelled REET Level-2 entirely (12.5 lakh candidates) and brought an anti-cheating law with life imprisonment provisions.

The docket

Every legal action on record, in order. Each row cites its document.

26 Sept 2021

Arrest · Bikaner Police / Rajasthan Police

Exam-day arrests after Bluetooth devices were recovered from candidates' slippers.

per: REET 2021 paper leak row: all you need to know (The Indian Express, 16 Feb 2022)
2 Oct 2021

FIR registered · Special Operations Group, Rajasthan Police

SOG constituted; probe established the paper was stolen from Shiksha Sankul on 24 September.

per: REET 2021 paper leak row: all you need to know (The Indian Express, 16 Feb 2022)
7 Feb 2022

Exam cancelled · Government of Rajasthan

REET Level-II examination cancelled.

per: REET 2021 paper leak row: all you need to know (The Indian Express, 16 Feb 2022)
7 Jul 2022

Charge sheet filed · SOG report to Rajasthan High Court

Final report: 71 arrested, challans against 65; board chairman's role ruled out.

per: 2021 REET leak case: final hearing in Rajasthan High Court (The Times of India, 8 Jul 2022)

What candidates got

Outcome	Ordered by	Order date	Detail
Exam cancelled (partial)	Government of Rajasthan	7 Feb 2022	Level-II cancelled; re-held in July 2022.

Officials & institutions implicated

Recorded at position level. A personal name appears only in the "Named individuals" table below, behind the naming gate.

Arrested

Board coordinator / education department staff, BSER chain · 25 Jan 2022

SOG arrested members of the board-side custody chain; the board president was removed.
Removed

President, Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan · 29 Jan 2022

Removed from the post after the SOG's findings on strongroom custody.

After the suspension

Suspension is where most coverage ends. This is what the record says happened next — tracking rules →

Chairman, Board of Secondary Education Rajasthan

Dismissed / removed · 29 Jan 2022

Removed from the chairmanship by the state government after the SOG established the leak originated in the board's Jaipur coordination network.

per: State government order reported 29.01.2022
Coordinator, REET (board official)

Dismissed / removed · 29 Jan 2022

Sacked alongside the chairman; later arrested by the SOG.

⚑ marks an official who returned to, or never left, the ministry whose exam leaked.

The investigation trail

Every SIT, committee and inquiry announced for this case — and whether its report ever became public.

SOG probe; demand for CBI referral rejected

Formed 29 Sept 2021 · by Government of Rajasthan

Report status: not made public · 1,716 days elapsed

SOG arrests ran past 40; the opposition's CBI demand was declined. Findings surfaced only through charge sheets.

What it cost candidates

₹89.4 crore estimated

The workings

16.26 lakh Level-2 candidates × Rs 550 fee ≈ Rs 89.4 crore for the cancelled level; the state ran free roadways buses for the 2022 re-exam — the travel cost of the first sitting fell on candidates.

Travel for the first sitting and wage loss excluded.

no fee refund documented No fee refund; free bus travel was provided for the re-exam.

methodology →

per: BSER REET 2021 bulletin (fee); reported registration figures; RSRTC free-travel order 2022.

Structural reform on record

Rajasthan Public Examination (Measures for Prevention of Unfair Means in Recruitment) Act, 2022 — passed after REET; later amended in 2023 to add life imprisonment.

Gazette-notified · Rajasthan Act No. 5 of 2022 · 24 Mar 2022

Sources on file

Tier 2 · reported 2021 REET leak case: final hearing in Rajasthan High Court — The Times of India · 8 Jul 2022 [archived]
Tier 2 · reported REET 2021 paper leak row: all you need to know — The Indian Express · 16 Feb 2022 [archived]

Status log

Every status this register has ever assigned to this case. Append-only.

26 Sept 2021	ALLEGED	Allegations surfaced publicly.
26 Sept 2021	ALLEGED → ARRESTS_MADE	Exam-day arrests after Bluetooth devices were recovered from candidates' slippers.
7 Jul 2022	ARRESTS_MADE → CHARGESHEET_FILED	Final report: 71 arrested, challans against 65; board chairman's role ruled out.

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To: The Public Information Officer,
Special Operations Group, Rajasthan Police

Subject: Request under the Right to Information Act, 2005 — REET 2021: paper stolen from Jaipur's Shiksha Sankul; Level-II scrapped

Under the Right to Information Act 2005, I request the following information:

1. Current status of FIR No. [number] dated 2 Oct 2021 concerning the question paper leak in REET 2021 (Teacher Eligibility).
2. Whether a charge sheet has been filed in this matter; if yes, its date and the court where it was filed.
3. Names and current postings of all officials suspended in connection with this matter.
4. Whether any suspended official has been reinstated; if yes, the order reference and date.
5. Date and outcome of the last court hearing in this matter.

I am enclosing the application fee of Rs. 10 as required. If this application falls outside your office's purview, kindly transfer it under Section 6(3) of the Act and inform me.

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