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An 18-year-old boy from Karnataka has petitioned the Supreme Court to increase his 12th marks from 97.83% to 99%. The petitioner has argued that these marks are necessary for admission as the cut-off for admission in reputed colleges is very high.
A bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice Arvind Kumar last Thursday sought response from the Karnataka government and the officials of the State Exam Department in the matter.
Now know what is the whole matter, according to a report of Bar and Bench, a student named Khalon Devaiah from Karnataka had secured almost 98% marks in the 12th board examination. Khalon secured 90 in English, 98 in Kannada, 99 in Biology in the pre-university examination held in 2022. He got full 100 marks in Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
When he checked his answer sheets after evaluation, he came to know that he got one mark less in Biology and about 5.5 marks more in English.
First petition filed in Karnataka High Court, but rejected
The state PU education board had initially said that there was no case of change in his marks when Khalon applied for revaluation. After this, Khlon wrote the letter again to check the number.
The board told Khlon that no changes could be made in the marks as he had already applied for revaluation once, and a difference of 6 marks was required for a fresh change in the grade sheet.
Due to delay on the part of the authorities, Khlon went to the High Court. The High Court sought a status report from the board. The board did not do this. After refusing to change the number, Khylon filed a contempt petition. But the court rejected it.
Student reached Supreme Court against the decision of Karnataka High Court
The petitioner moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of the Karnataka High Court. Vikram Hegde, Khalon’s lawyer in the Supreme Court, said that marks are necessary for admission as the cut-off is very high in reputed colleges.