Dr. Ankit Vishal v. the Registrar (Evaluation)
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; WP No. 34720 of 2025 (EDN-RES); decided 03-12-2025 by S.R. Krishna Kumar J. Petitioner Dr. Ankit Vishal (MD Radio Diagnosis student, Roll No. 22MR015) versus Registrar (Evaluation) RGUHS, RGUHS, and National Medical Commission. September 2025 (RS4) examination: Theory Papers I-III passed (54, 66, 61 marks); Theory Paper No.4 (Radio Diagnosis) 34 marks against minimum pass mark 40; evaluator break-up 36 and 31; prayer for mandamus to refer Paper 4 to third evaluation. Held: no third evaluation where both evaluators awarded fail marks; petition dismissed. Keywords: third evaluation, revaluation, fail marks by both evaluators, postgraduate medical examination, RGUHS, NMC, education writ, Articles 226/227.
What did the court decide?
In the September 2025 (RS4) MD Radio Diagnosis examination conducted by the first respondent, the petitioner passed Theory Papers I-III (54, 66 and 61 marks) but obtained only 34 marks in Theory Paper No.4 against the minimum pass mark of 40, the break-up being 36 from Evaluator No.1 and 31 from Evaluator No.2, i.e., fail marks from both evaluators.