HC seeks NTA’s stand on plea by JEE aspirant declared ineligible

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Aug
13:
The
Delhi
High
Court
has
sought
the
stand
of
the
National
Testing
Agency
(NTA)
on
a
petition
by
a
candidate
alleging
that
he
has
been
wrongly
declared
“ineligible”
for
applying
to
the
Joint
Entrance
Examination
(JEE)
(Advance)
despite
securing
above
benchmark
scores
in
the
JEE
(Main).
The
petitioner
said
that
as
per
his
score-cards,
downloaded
from
the
NTA
portal,
he
secured
a
percentile
of
98.79
and
99.23
in
the
first
and
second
sessions,
respectively,
of
the
JEE
Main
examination
but
at
the
time
of
applying
for
the
Advance
examination,
he
learnt
that
as
per
the
authorities,
his
percentile
is
20.767
and
14.64,
news
agency
PTI
reported.

NTA
told
the
High
Court
that
the
score
card
presented
by
the
petitioner
was
false,
has
no
credibility,
and
cannot
be
relied
upon.
Justice
Sanjeev
Narula,
for
now,
allowed
the
petitioner
to
apply
for
the
JEE
Advanced
examination,
clarifying
that
whether
he
would
be
permitted
to
take
the
exam,
which
is
scheduled
for
August
28,
would
be
decided
after
perusing
the
relevant
documents.

The
High
Court
directed
NTA
to
file
a
short
affidavit
in
the
matter
and
also
place
before
it
all
relevant
records,
including
the
response
sheet
of
the
petitioner,
and
listed
the
case
for
further
hearing
on
August
18.

“In
order
for
the
court
to
form
an
opinion,
the
Respondents
are
to
be
afforded
an
opportunity
to
produce
the
documents
noted
above.
Accordingly,
NTA
is
directed
to
file
a
short
affidavit
on
the
above
aspects,
along
with
all
relevant
records,
including
the
response
sheet
of
the
Petitioner,
within
a
period
of
five
days
from
today,”
said
the
court
in
its
order
dated
August
11.

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“It
is
made
clear
that
the
Court
has
not
expressed
any
opinion
on
the
merits
of
the
case,
even
on
a
prima
facie
basis.
No
special
equity
shall
be
claimed
by
the
Petitioner
or
enure
to
his
benefit
on
the
basis
of
above
directions,”.
It
added.
The
court
also
issued
notice
to
the
Centre
on
the
petition
and
permitted
it
to
file
its
response.