Taiyaz Ali v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
CWJC 11014 of 2025, Patna High Court, decided 18-12-2025 by Harish Kumar, J. Keywords: Bihar Board of Open Schooling and Examination (BBOSE); name correction in marksheet and certificate; Secondary Special Examination 2012; clerical error 'Tatyaj Ali' vs 'Taiyaz Ali'; letter dated 29.06.2024; documents furnished 08.07.2024; disposal with liberty to approach Senior Executive Officer within four weeks; direction to authorities to take appropriate decision and correct records expeditiously if no impediment. No statutory provisions or precedents cited; no coercive direction or quashing; suitable for citing on administrative-direction practice regarding rectification of candidate records by education boards.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Senior Executive Officer, Bihar Board of Open Schooling and Examination, preferably within four weeks, with a copy of the order and all necessary documents; the concerned authorities to look into the matter, take an appropriate decision, and if there is no impediment, make the necessary correction in the marksheet/original certificate as expeditiously as possible.