GAHC010031402026 undefined THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

Case No. : WP(C)/884/2026 SONALI DE AND ANR W/O- DR. PIJUS KANTI DE, RESIDENT OF QUARTER NO. TYPE VI/NEW/A-2, NIT SILCHAR CAMPUS, SILCHAR, PIN- 788010.

2: AYUSHMAN DE S/O- DR. PIJUS KANTI DE RESIDENT OF QUARTER NO. TYPE VI/NEW/A-2 NIT SILCHAR CAMPUS SILCHAR PIN- 788010 VERSUS CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AND 2 ORS NEW DELHI, REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN, SIKSHA KENDRA 2, COMMUNITY CENTRE, PREET VIHAR, DELHI-110092.

2:THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR CENTRAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION REGIONAL OFFICE GUWAHATI KHANAPARA DIST.- KAMRUP METRO ASSAM PIN- 781022.

3:THE PRINCIPAL KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NIT SILCHAR DIST. CACHAR ASSAM PIN- 788010 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR N SARMA, MS M BORAH Advocate for the Respondent : SC, CBSE, BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE N. UNNI KRISHNAN NAIR

ORDER

17.02.2026 Date :

Heard Mr. N. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Ms. R. Bora, learned Standing Counsel, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), appearing for the respondent nos.1 and

2.

2. The petitioners in the present proceedings have raised a grievance with regard to the action on the part of the respondent authorities in not permitting the petitioner no.2 to appear in his Senior School Certificate Examinations, 2025.

3. As projected in the writ petition, the petitioner no.2 had a uniformly good academic career. On clearing his Class- XI standard, the petitioner no.2 was admitted to Class- XII and was to take his Senior School Certificate Examination, in the year 2026. However, the petitioner no.2 developed problems with regard to his eye sight and was required to receive treatment at various places in the country. Accordingly, the regular attendance of the petitioner no.2 in school was disturbed. The petitioner no.2 on account of the ailments suffered by him, as well as the treatment received for the purpose, had attended his classes only for 74 days out of a total of 150 days of classes held during the session 2025-2026. The petitioner no.1 had from time to time approached the respondent no.3 and submitted applications along with the medical documents pertaining to the treatment received by the petitioner no.2 with a further prayer to condone his absence from school.

As the final examinations for the Class-XII standard was approaching, the petitioner no.1 approached the respondent no.3 for permitting the petitioner no.2 to appear in his Class-XII final examination. The said application was forwarded, without anything further, by the respondent no.3 to the CBSE authorities and the same came to be rejected on 27.01.2026. The petitioner no.1 as well as the father of the petitioner no.2 again approached the respondent no.3 for condonation of the absence of the petitioner from school during the session 2025-2026 on account of his ailments. The said representation as preferred before the CBSE authorities, through the respondent no.3, was forwarded to the CBSE authorities by the respondent no.3 vide a communication dated 13.02.2026 with a opinion that the case for condonation of the attendance in case of the petitioner being rejected by CBSE, there is no further ground for reconsideration of the same.

It is projected in the writ petition that the examination have already begun on 17.02.2026 and in so far as the petitioner no.2 is concerned, his 1^st paper would be held on 20.02.2026. It is also contended in the writ petition that it was learnt that the CBSE authorities had already issued an admit card to the petitioner no.2 for appearing in the said examination, however, the same was not furnished to the petitioner no.2 by the school authorities.

It is in the above premises that the present writ petition has been instituted.

4. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the materials brought on record.

5. Mr. N. Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioners, has reiterated the projections noticed hereinabove as made