V.K. Jain, J.

The petitioner in W.P(C) No.5074/2013 as well as the petitioners in W.P(C) No. 5424/2013, appeared in the entrance examination conducted by the respondent no.1 – University of Delhi for admission to its Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) Course for the academic year 2013-2014. The result of the said test was declared on 19.7.2013. The answer key in respect of all the test, book sets was also displayed on the website of the university on the same date. The case of the petitioners before this Court is that the answers contained in the answer key in respect of 9 numbers of questions were patently wrong answers, as a result of which, the correct answers given by them were marked “wrong answers” and they were also given negative marking on the ground that they had given wrong answers to the questions whereas in fact the answers given by them were correct. The petitioner – Mr. Manoviraj Singh in W.P(C) No. 5074/2013 was given overall rank 1021 and the category rank of 1005. According to him, if he is given credit for the correct answers and the negative marks wrongly given to him are excluded, his overall rank would be 709 and the category rank would be 699.

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