AJAY KUMAR Vs. CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners, i.e., Ajay Kumar and Harsh Chaudhary, who are father and son respectively.

(2.) The facts, in nutshell, are that the petitioner No.2 - Harsh Chaudhary passed his Class - X examination in the year 2018 from the Central Board of Secondary Education (in short "CBSE") - the respondent No.2. The petitioner No.2 - Harsh Chaudhary, while filling the examination form for appearing in Class - X, erroneously mentioned name of his father as Ajay Kumar Chaudhary and accordingly, he was issued mark sheet of Class - X by showing his father's name as Ajay Kumar Chaudhary.

(3.) The petitioners have pleaded that immediately after declaration of result of Class - X, the application was given to the school authorities, i.e., the respondent No.4 for correction in the name of father of petitioner No.2 as Ajay Kumar. The application, so sent by the school authorities, has been dismissed by the impugned order dated 10th May, 2019 by making a reference of Clause 69.1(i) and (ii) of Central Board of Secondary Education By- laws relating to change of name/correction, etc. The petitioners have pleaded that necessary exercise of getting change of name in the gazette notification was also undertaken and such gazette notification was published on 12 th July, 2018, wherein the petitioner No.1 - Ajay Kumar specifically has given the declaration that the mark sheet of his son of secondary class his name was wrongly mentioned as Ajay Kumar Chaudhary and actual and correct name was Ajay Kumar.