SC issues notice on plea alleging discrepancy in NEET-UG 2021 results and OMR sheets

After six NEET-UG 2021 candidates alleged that there is a discrepancy in OMR sheets' scoring based on the answer key and the final results declared by NTA, Supreme Court has issued a notice in this matter.

The controversies around National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET-UG) 2021 refuse to die down. The latest being six NEET-UG 2021 candidates have approached the Supreme Court of India alleging a huge discrepancy in OMR sheets scoring which they calculated based on the answer keys released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the final results declared on November 1, 2021. 

The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and DY Chandrachud has issued a notice in this matter and the hearing is scheduled for December 13, 2021.

The petitioners have claimed huge differences in the marks they have calculated based on the answer keys and the final one released by the NTA. One of the petitioners said that as per the answer key, his score is 584 but the final result by NTA showed 164, another petitioner calculated the marks based on the answer key as 675 and the final result showed 52 marks. One of the petitioners final results was zero but his calculation was 545 marks.

The candidates filed the petition through Advocate Ranjan Kumar Singh and the petition reads, "It appears that to be massive rigging in the screening of the OMR sheet soon after the publication of the answer keys and consequent uploading of OMR sheet for self assessment and before the actual declaration of result and score card on NTA's website which has resulted in glaring discrepancy in the marks obtained by the petitioners," as reported by Live Law.

However, as per reports, NTA has denied any such flaws in its system and an NTA official told The Indian Express, on the condition of anonymity, “Our systems are foolproof. Such malpractices are not possible. Students often are so stressed and burdened because of the pressure that they end up lying to their parents about their performance. Then, these parents start filing complaints and moving the courts with PILs.” 

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