BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION Vs. PRAVAS RANJAN PANDA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) We have heard learned counsel for the appellant. Despite service of notice, no one has appeared on behalf of the respondents.

(3.) Respondent 1 Pravas Ranjan Panda appeared in High School Certificate Examination, 2003 conducted by the Board of Secondary Examination, Orissa as a regular candidate from a recognised high school. He passed the said examination securing about 90% marks. Thereafter, he filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution alleging that he had answered all the questions correctly without committing any mistake and, therefore, deserved full marks in each paper, but due to carelessness and negligence of the Board in appointing inexperienced and unqualified examiners in certain papers low marks had been awarded to him due to which he lost his chance of being within the first ten examinees in the HSC Examination, 2003. A prayer was accordingly made for re-evaluation of his answer-books. The High Court disposed of the writ petition with the following directions: