2 An affidavit in reply has been presented on behalf of respondent Nos.2 and 3 by the Superintendent of Maharashtra State Council of Examinations, Pune. It is stated that in pursuance to the directions of the Bombay High Court, an expert's committee was appointed, which has conducted reverification of the marks. The respondent authority has reassessed the papers of the petitioners and the marks secured by petitioners Nos.1 to 6 and 8 have been upgraded. However, they fail to achieve the prescribed benchmark. The cut-off marks applicable for the respective category of the petitioners were not achieved by them. So far as one of the petitioners i.e. petitioner No.7, secured 121 marks at the examination in English Medium category; where-in the cut-off prescribed is 90 marks and as such, his name has been included in the list of successful candidates. So far as the other petitioners are concerned, they have not achieved the requisite benchmark and as such even after reassessment of the papers and the revision of marks, their names are not liable to be included in the list of successful candidates.