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4.3 In addition and as set out in the Order dated 03.01.2025 passed by this Court, this aspect of the matter was also clarified by the Deputy Director of the NTA who was present in Court as well. It was explained by him that as far as the UGC-NET examination is concerned, the same is conducted not on a Windows based Operating System but an operating system which is based on the software 'LINUX'. The system has been customised specifically for this examination. He has further submitted that the NVDA/JAWS software which are the two screen reader software which are available for use, are not compatible with the NTA's system for examination and cannot be integrated within the short period of time with the examination system in place.

11. As stated above, the Deputy Director, Exams, NTA appeared along with his technical consultant virtually before this Court during the hearing on 03.01.2025 and he clarified that the screen reader software was not available with the LINUX based Operating System and the software cannot be interfaced for examination of the Petitioner, within three days, since the exam is scheduled for 07.01.2025. The officials of the NTA also explained that the question paper in this exam would consist of two sections and both the sections would consist of objective type, multiple choice questions as well as questions with tables/charts and the various interfaces on the screen would require prior customisation. Unlike the All India Bar Examination exam, which is a completely text-based examination, the UGC-NET Examination covers more than 85 subjects which include questions with diagrams and graphics.