In a writ petition seeking mandatory directions to award grace marks for board examination questions deemed poorly framed, the Court held the petition infructuous. Consequently, the writ was dismissed without adjudication on the merits.
No grace marks awarded; writ petition dismissed as infructuous; connected miscellaneous petition closed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated : 26.09.2018
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.S.SUNDAR
W.P.No. 15332 of 2015 and M.P.No.1 of 2015
1.S.Sabareeswaran 2.S.S.Vinodhini 3.V.Sowfika Dharshini 4.R.Divya Banu ... Petitioners Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by its Principal Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai – 600 009. 2.The Director of School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai – 600 006. 3.The Director of Government Examinations, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai – 600 006. 4.The Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010. ... Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to award grace marks for the petitioners in respect of answers written for the question numbers 36 and 37 in Section 'D' (Long Answer) Bio-zoology Paper of XII standard Board Examination conducted in March 2015 owing to discrepancy in framing of questions, by considering the representation submitted by the Petitioners dated 22.05.2015.
For Petitioners : No Appearance For Respondents : Mrs.V.Annalakshmi,
Government Advocate.
ORDER
Having regard to the scope of prayer in the writ petition, this Court is of the view that this writ petition has become infructuous and no further adjudication is necessary.
2 Hence, this writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently the connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed.
Sd/Assistant Registrar(CS IX)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
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To
Chennai – 600 009.
4.The Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Medical Education, Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010.
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W.P.No. 15332 of 2015 and M.P.No.1 of 2015
kan[co] srg 11/10/2018
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition seeking direction to award grace marks due to question discrepancy is maintainable.
S.Sabareeswaran and others
The State of Tamil Nadu and others
S.S. Sundar
As recorded by the court registry
Judgements on the same questions, provisions and authorities, from every court
