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Allahabad High Court: In a petition filed by the petitioner, a student of Intermediate examinations, seeking to quash the order passed by the Respondent-Regional Secretary of Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Regional Office by which he rejected the re-evaluation of marks in subjects challenged by her, a Single Judge Bench of Vivek Saran, J., held that no order for re-evaluation of answer-sheets only on the strength of presumption that the petitioner was accorded lesser marks than she had expected could be granted.
Background
In the present case, the petitioner had appeared in her Intermediate examinations for which the results were declared in 2025, and she had scored well. However, the petitioner was not satisfied with the result and thus she applied for scrutiny in Hindi and Biology papers. She was called to be present at the office of the Board to peruse her answer scripts of the said subjects.
Thereafter, she visited the office and submitted her representation to the Regional Secretary of the Board, ventilating her grievance. The said representation was rejected by an order citing that the re-evaluation could not be permitted under Chapter 12 Rule 21(ड़) of the Uttar Pradesh Intermediate Education Act, 1921 (‘UP Intermediate Education Act’). However, there was an admitted error in the totaling of the petitioner’s Biology paper which was accordingly added.
The petition approached the High Court on the ground that she had performed very well in all subjects including Hindi and Biology of Intermediate Examination 2025 that she was expecting herself to achieve at least 90 marks in Hindi and 96 marks in Biology.
Analysis and Decision
The Court stated that the issue involved in the case at hand was as to whether the answer sheets of intermediate examination could be sent for re-evaluation or not and as to whether the UP Intermediate Education Act provided for such re-evaluation or not.
The Court pursued Chapter 12 Rule 21(ड़) of the UP Intermediate Education Act along with the petitioner’s ground of challenge and held that no order for re-evaluation of answer-sheets only on the strength of presumption drawn by the petitioner that she was accorded lesser marks could be granted and thus, the order passed could not be said to be faulty.
Hence, the Court dismissed the petition at hand.
[Faaiz Qamar v. State of UP, Writ C No. 42054 of 2025, decided on 15-12-2025]
Advocates who appeared in this case:
For the Petitioner: Ashwani Kumar Mishra
For the Respondent: C.S.C.