R. V. RAVEENDRAN, C. J.

( 1 ) THE appellant (a minor represented by his father)is a student who passed the VIII standard board Examination held in the year 2004. The appellant passed the said examination and obtained 80 marks in Hindi, 77 marks in English, 66 marks in Sanskrit, 75 marks in Mathematics, 84 marks in Social Science and 75 marks in Science (out of 100 marks each ). According to the petitioner, the marks awarded to him -are far below of his expectation , he claims that he had done extremely well in ttte examination and was expecting not less than 90% in all these papers. He contends that the lesser marks have denied him the benefit pf securing rank and scholarship. He, therefore, approached the District education Officer, Jabalpur for revaluation of the papers. He received a reply that rules do, not provide for revaluation and therefore revaluation was not permitted. The appellant sought retotalling. The appellant was informed that on retotalling, there was no change in the result.

( 2 ) THEREFORE, the appellant filed W. P. No. 2451/2004 for revaluation of his answer scripts. The Learned single Judge following the decision of the Supreme Court in maharashtra State Board

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