( 1 ) BY this petition under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India the two petitioners seek a writ of mandamus or any other suitable writ, direction or order for quashing the order of cancellation of the result of the petitioners of subject of Physics of the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination, 1996, conducted by the Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal (for short the 'board' ).

( 2 ) FACTS : The petitioners as regular students of Government Higher Secondary School, Gangev, Rewa appeared in l2th Board Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination, 1996 conducted by the Board from Examination Centre 13047. The petitioners were declared pass in Second Division and mark-sheets-Annexure- A/1 and A/2 were issued to the petitioners respectively. The Valuers and Vuluation Officer vide document No. 1 dt. 30-3-96 complained and reported of mass copying and use of unfair means by the examinees at Examination Centre 13047 and at other Centres. The Board received the report of Valuers on 16-4-1996. On Valuers report, the Results Committee constituted under Regalation 40 of Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh Regulations, 1965 framed under S