JUDGMENT

SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J.

1. By way of present writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks declaration of question number 11 of Physics-Section A of „T5‟ Test Booklet, of National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), 2024 [hereinafter „NEET (UG)-2024‟] as either incorrect or dropped question in terms of Clause 3.2 of Information Bulletin of NEET (UG)-2024, and a direction that 04 marks be granted to all the candidates irrespective of whether the question was attempted or not. In addition, the petitioner also prays that in respect of question number 23, it be declared that option 1 is the only correct option and grant of prescribed marks for question no. 23 to the candidates marking option 3 also as the correct option be disallowed.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner herein had appeared in NEET (UG)-2024 on 05.05.2024. Pursuant to conduct of the examination, the respondent no. 1 i.e. NTA had issued the provisional answer key and vide public notice dated 29.05.2024, NTA had invited candidates to challenge the said answer key. It is stated that the petitioner had presented an online challenge against the prov