New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the NEET-PG examination, scheduled for August 11, which claimed that candidates have been allocated cities that are highly inconvenient to reach.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala, Manoj Misra declined entertaining the petition seeking postponement of the NEET-PG 2024 examination.
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Many candidates in the petition have alleged that they have been allocated cities, which are highly inconvenient for them to reach. The petitions said the test cities were allotted on July 31, and the specific centres will be declared on August 8.
While the allocation of the centres was done to curb malpractices, the plea said due to the paucity of time, it is difficult for the candidates to make arrangements for travel to specific cities.
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“Issue a writ in the nature of Mandamus …the Respondents (National Testing Agency) to reschedule the NEET-PG 2024 examination,” stated the plea filed by Vishal Soren. NEET PG exam was initially supposed to be held on June 23. It was postponed by the Union Health Ministry as a “precautionary measure” in the wake of alleged irregularities in certain competitive exams.
NEET-PG exam was initially supposed to be held on June 23. It was postponed by the Union Health Ministry as a “precautionary measure” in the wake of alleged irregularities in certain competitive exams.
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The petitioner challenged the decision of the National Board of Exams to hold the exam in two batches and apply a normalisation formula. In addition to requesting a postponement of the exam, the petitioners had also demanded that the normalization formula used for the four different sets of question papers be made public.
This transparency is aimed at ensuring that there is no potential for unfairness or arbitrariness in the examination process.
Earlier, the Supreme Court has decided not to cancel the NEET-UG 2024 exam despite concerns over a paper leak and alleged malpractices. The Court determined that there was insufficient evidence to suggest that the leak compromised the integrity of the exam as a whole. It also noted that calling for a re-exam would have significant repercussions, impacting over 23 lakh students and potentially disrupting the academic calendar for years to come.
