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The petitioner's daughter had appeared in her HSLC Examination 2020 under the Roll: B20-637 No. 1061. The examinations were held on various dates between 10.02.2020 to 29.02.2020. The result of the HSLC Examination 2020 came to be declared on 06.06.2020. The petitioner's daughter had scored 567 marks out of 600 marks with a percentage of 94.50. On perusal of the mark-sheet, the petitioner's daughter not being satisfied with the marks scored by her in the Subjects viz. Assamese, English and General Science, the petitioner proceeded to apply for a re-evaluation of the answer scripts of the above 3 Subjects. The petitioner also sought for being provided with the copies of the answer scripts of his daughter's HSLC Examination 2020, pertaining to Assamese, English and General Science subjects.

6. The learned counsels appearing for the parties to the present proceeding, have advanced their rival submissions on the pleaded lines.

7. I have heard the learned counsels for the parties and also perused the materials brought on record.

8. Before proceeding to examine the contentions raised by the petitioner in the present proceeding, it is to be examined as to the power of this Court to direct for a re-evaluation of the answer scripts and/or to get examined such answer scripts on its own. The said issue is no longer res integra and had been settled by a decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of H.P. Public Service Commission v. Mukesh Thakur & anr., reported in (2010) 6 SCC 759, wherein, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has held that in the absence of a provision for re-

9. The regulations of the Board as noted hereinabove, does not permit for any re-evaluation and/or re-scrutiny of the answer scripts.

10. It is to be noted that as reflected from the question papers, which have been made a part of the record in this writ petition, the questions against which the answers of the petitioner's daughter have been contended to have not been properly evaluated and/or re-evaluated by the Examiners, are all descriptive in nature and accordingly, the evaluation process being a subjective one; the marking style and manner of evaluation of different Examiners cannot be equated as in the case of an objective type question where only one answer out of possible options, would be correct.

18. It is to be noted here that the petitioner has in the present proceeding, not presented any challenge to the Regulations of the Board applicable to the issues arising in the present proceeding.

19. In view of the conclusions reached hereinabove with regard to the prayers of the petitioner in this writ petition, this Court is of the considered view that the Page No.# 11/11 Board authorities had not committed any error in the process of evaluation/re- checking of the answer scripts of the petitioner's daughter in respect of the answers as given by her to the questions in her Assamese, English and General Science papers of HSLC Examination 2020 and as set-out in Table:A and Table:B above. Accordingly, the contentions as raised by the petitioner in this connection; cannot be accepted.