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Aishiki Guchhait v. the State of West Bengal and Ors.

Calcutta HC4 Apr 2025WPA/486/2025

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Calcutta High Court writ disposal: University of Calcutta directed to publish student's 1st semester (2022) B.Sc. result with supplementary examination marks in both CEMA-CC-1 and MTMG-GE-1 papers after erroneous post-review reduction of CC-1 marks (15 to 6) was acknowledged; supplementary examination; Controller of Examination; no order as to costs; Biswajit Basu, J.; 04.04.2025.

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Direction to the Controller of Examination (Acting), University of Calcutta, to publish the petitioner's 1st semester result with her supplementary examination marks in both CC-1 and GE-1 papers; disposed of without any order as to costs. ¶20

Aishiki Guchhait Vs the State of West Bengal and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner's 1st semester result should be published with the marks she obtained in the supplementary examination in both papers (CC-1 and GE-1), rather than with the original CC-1 marks combined with supplementary GE-1 marks.

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Court's answer

Since the petitioner has taken up the supplementary examination, her prayer that the 1st semester result be published with her supplementary examination marks in both papers is justified.

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Ratio / Principle

The Controller of Examination (Acting), University of Calcutta (respondent no. 4) is directed to take appropriate steps to publish the petitioner's 1st semester result with the marks she secured in the supplementary examination in both papers.

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Constitutional writ jurisdiction (High Court at Calcutta, Biswajit Basu, J., 04.04.2025): A 4th Semester B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry student of Bhawanipur Education Society College (under Calcutta University) had passed CEMA-CC-1 with 15 marks in the 1st semester examination of 2022 but failed MTMG-GE-1; on review her CC-1 marks were erroneously reduced to six (6) and she was declared Fail. The University later admitted the reduction was erroneous and restored the 15-mark assessment, but proposed to publish the 1st semester result using the original CC-1 marks along with her supplementary GE-1 marks. Holding the petitioner's prayer justified because she had taken the supplementary examination in both papers, the Court directed the Controller of Examination (Acting), University of Calcutta (respondent no. 4), to publish the 1st semester result with the marks secured in the supplementary examination in both papers. W.P.A. 486 of 2025 disposed of without any order as to costs.

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24 04.04.2025 Court No.17 SK

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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION

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WPA 486 of 2025

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Aishiki Guchhait

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Vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors.

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Mr. Sk. Rejaul Alam

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… for the Petitioner.

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Mr. Swapan Kumar Datta, Sr. Adv. & AGP , Mr. Tapas Kr. Dey

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…for the State.

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Mr. Nilotpal Chatterjee, Mr. Satyaki Banerjee

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…for the University of Calcutta.

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Leave is granted to the learned advocate for the petitioner to correct the matter number in the exception to the report of the Calcutta University.

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The petitioner is a 4^th Semester student of B.Sc. (Honours) in Chemistry at Bhawanipur Education Society College, a college under the Calcutta University.

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The petitioner, in the 1^st semester examination held in the year 2022, had passed in CEMA-CC-1 ( “CC-1” in short) paper by obtaining 15 marks, but failed in the MTMG-GE-1 ( “GE-1” in short) paper. On review, the marks of the petitioner in CC-1 paper was reduced to six (6) and she was declared “Fail” but the marks in the other paper, i.e. GE-1 remained same. The petitioner however took the supplementary examination in both the papers and passed in GE-1 paper.

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In the meantime, the University had detected that the reduction of marks of the petitioner in CC-1 paper on review was erroneous and had declared that her earlier score of 15 marks was correctly assessed.

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In view of such, the University is proposing to publish the 1^st semester result of the petitioner with the marks she has secured in the supplementary examination in GE-1 paper and with the marks which she had secured earlier in CC-1 paper.

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The petitioner is aggrieved by the said proposal; she is praying that her 1^st semester result be published with the marks she has obtained in the supplementary examination in both the papers.

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The petitioner since has taken up the supplementary examination, her prayer is justified. The Controller of Examination (Acting), University of Calcutta, the respondent no. 4 herein is directed to take appropriate steps to publish the 1^st semester result of the petitioner with the marks she has secured in the said supplementary examination in both the aforementioned papers.

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W.P.A. 486 of 2025 is disposed of with the above terms without any order as to costs.

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Parties to act on the server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court.

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Urgent Photostat certified copy of this order, if applied for, be supplied to the parties, subject to compliance of all requisite formalities.

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(Biswajit Basu, J.)

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