MANJOT KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) From time immemorial, in our culture, the teacher has been the most respected person. He has been assigned pedestal even above Almighty God, which is evident from the following verses:

(2.) Case in hand is unique example of casualness on the part of the Punjab School Education Board (for short 'the Board') and the examiners appointed by it to evaluate the answer sheets of student of class 10th.

(3.) The award of higher marks in the revised marks sheet was sought to be justified stating that average of marks obtained by the petitioner in all other papers was taken as basis, however, in support thereof no rules or instructions were cited. He further submitted that answer sheet was got re-evaluated and the petitioner has got 65 marks as against 29 earlier awarded. It shows casualness on the part of the Board. The procedure which should have been followed by the Board at the first instance was followed only after this Court directed the counsel for the Board to produce the answer sheet in Court.