A CBSE-affiliated school sought writ relief to have its 33 compartment students permitted to submit supplementary examination forms for the 2024 board exams after missing the portal deadline. CBSE declined permission and the exams were already conducted. The court found the petition infructuous and dismissed it.
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P C INSTITUTE .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Rajat Sharma, Advocate.
CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION & ORS.
.....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Khanna, Ms. Pragya Bhushan, Mr. Tarandeep Singh, Mr. Karandeep Singh, Ms. Tavleen Kaur, Advocates for CBSE.
CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA
O R D E R
% 02.08.2024
CM APPL. 40325/2024 (exemption)
W.P.(C) 9822/2024
“(a) Issue writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondent to authorization to submit the forms for the Board's Supplementary Examination for the year 2024 submitted by the petitioner school and to issue admit
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card to the student of the petitioner school for examination on 15.07.2024 or onwards or reschedule/reconducted the said examinations qua the students of the petitioner school; and/ or
(b) Pass such further or other order/orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of this case and in the interest of natural justice;”
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some documents from time to time, and the petitioner School had answered and submitted the documents accordingly. It is argued that the supplementary examination was scheduled to be conducted from 15.07.2024, and the petitioner School could not get any positive response from the CBSE. It is also submitted that on 10.07.2024, at about 02:58 PM, respondent no. 3 had sent an e-mail to the petitioner vide which the representation dated 18.06.2024, submitted by the petitioner School. It is further submitted that on 11.07.2024, the petitioner School had approached the respondent no. 1 and had also sent a mail to respondent no. 2, but needful could not be done. Hence, to seek relief, the present writ petition has been filed.
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already been conducted and concluded.
SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J
AUGUST 2, 2024/ at
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether CBSE could be directed to permit a school's students to appear in the 2024 supplementary examinations after the form submission deadline had passed.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
P C Institute
Central Board of Secondary Education
Swarana Kanta Sharma
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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