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1. Legality and validity of a statistical formula described as "percentile" introduced by the State Government for regulating admission of the students to 11th standard has been challenged by this petition, filed in the pubic interest. Students who pass the 10th standard examination from various Boards such as SSC Board, ISCE Board, CBSE Board are eligible for seeking admission to 11th standard/1st year of the junior college in schools and colleges affiliated to the SSC Board. Prior to the commencement of academic year 2008-09 students who passed 10th standard examination from all the Boards were treated alike and their inter-se merit was judged on the basis of the percentage of marks secured by them in the 10th standard examination conducted by the respective Boards. By introducing the "percentile" formula, the criteria for admissions prevailing prior to this year has been given a go-by and the admissions in the academic year 2008-09 are regulated by the "percentile rank"