Dr. Jitender Kumar vs Union Of India & Anr. on 31 August, 2022
NEUTRAL CITATION NO: 2022/DHC/003509
has secured only 189 marks out of 400, he does not fall within the zone
of consideration (i.e., 192-199 marks) and is therefore, not entitled to any
grace marks in terms of the information bulletin
5.2 Reliance is placed on Kanpur University, through VC and Ors. v.
Samir Gupta and Ors.,6 Prabha Devi and Ors. v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi
and Ors.,7 Kuldeep Kumar and Ors. v. State of Jammu and Kashmir
and Ors.,8 Pankaj Sharma v. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors.,9
Ran Vijay Singh and Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors.10 and
Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission and Anr. v. Rahul Singh
and Anr.11 to contend that incorrect questions in a question paper are
required to be deleted, and no marks are to be allotted for such questions.
5.3 Petitioner's score was increased to 45.50 out of 100 marks in paper-
IV subsequent to his representation that answer sheet for said paper,
provided to him, was of another candidate. This error occurred on
account of a technical mistake in decoding data for paper-IV, however,
no such error was found in any of the speciality examinations such as
paper-II. Despite increase in score, he failed to meet the qualifying
criteria and cannot be permitted to appear for practical examination.