“If we assess today’s students as we assessed yesterdays, we rob them of tomorrow”

- John Dewey.

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Standing Counsel appearing for Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences.

2. The petitioners are students pursuing Post-graduate Medical Degree/Diploma Courses in the Colleges affiliated to the second respondent University. They appeared for the final year examinations conducted in May/June 2017. After the announcement of the results when they were declared to have been failed, the present Writ Petitions are filed challenging the method of digital evaluation and denial of re-totalling of the marks. It appears that most of the candidates paid an amount of Rs.2,000/- for re-totalling, but in view of the digital evaluation the re-totalling was not permitted.

3. It is the case of the petitioners that the digital evaluation is not evolved in a foolproof manner in spite of the orders of this Court in Dr. P. Kishore Kumar v. State of Andhra Pradesh 2016 (6) ALT 408 and in W.P.No.7119 of 2017 and batch dated 04.04.2017. It is their fur