Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned counsels appearing for the respondents.

2. The petitioner has stated that his daughter, P.Vinotha, had appeared for the Higher Secondary examinations conducted by the first respondent in the month of March, 2009, with Register No.651149. After valuation of the answer books the results had been declared and the petitioners daughter had scored 1150 out of 1200. In the mark sheet issued by the first respondent, the particulars of the marks obtained by P.Vinotha had been shown as follows:

Theory

Prac

Sanskrit 198

English

175

Physics

139

050

189

Chemistry

144 050

194

Comp.Science 144

050

194

Maths 200

Total

1150

3. It has been further stated that even though the petitioners daughter, P.Vinotha, was expecting 194 marks in the physics paper, she was awarded only 189 marks. Therefore, the petitioner had applied for a copy of the answer book of the physics examination. A xerox copy of the answer book had been given to the petitioner. On consultation with some of the experienced teachers in the subject the petitioner had come to know that his daughter should have got 3 marks for the answer to Question No.