Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court (Harish Kumar, J) closed sans merit a NEET UG 2025 candidate's writ seeking a re-test of Centre No. 1502107 (Bapu Pariksha Parisar, Kumhrar, Patna) over alleged paper/OMR distribution delays and loss of examination time; NTA counter affidavit (unrebutted) showed full three-hour uninterrupted session (2:00–5:00 pm), sealed OMRs, strict compliance with NTA procedure and no mismanagement. Keywords: NEET UG 2025, NTA, NMC, examination centre mismanagement, time shortfall, re-test, counter affidavit, CWJC 12146/2025.
What did the court decide?
The Court proceeded on the NTA Director-sworn counter affidavit as an uncontradicted record: it stated that the Centre Superintendent and Invigilator of Centre No. 1502107 reported no complaint by any candidate (including the petitioner) about conduct of the examination or shortfall of time, that the paper ran from 2:00 pm sharp to 5:00 pm without interruption with the full three hours extended to all candidates, that OMR sheets were collected and sealed in a pink envelope in the presence of two candidate witnesses, that there was strict compliance with the NTA's prescribed procedure and no mismanagement at the Centre; and the petitioner made no denial of these averments.