RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES vs DR. NAYANA M.S.

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2025 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 24536

KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
VIBHU BAKHRU, CJ, C M JOSHI, J
RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES – Appellant
Versus
DR. NAYANA M.S. – Respondent
WRIT APPEAL NO. 614 OF 2025 (EDN-RES)

Important Points

The court reaffirmed the principle of rounding off marks in examinations based on prior judgments on similar cases.

Subject

Administrative Law - Educational Institutions

Act Referred

Karnataka High Court Act: S.4

Headnote

The appellant challenged an order allowing the writ petition requiring the rounding off of marks from 49.25% to 50%. Court followed precedent from Dr. K. Sree Laxmi v. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. The primary issue made clear was the application of established judgment concerning mark rounding. Consequently, the appeal was upheld and the prior ruling set aside.

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT. FARAH FATHIMA
For the Respondents: MS. SUMANA BALIGA

Table of Content
1. details of the wrangle over examination marks. (Para 1)
2. court applied precedent from earlier case regarding mark adjustments. (Para 2)
3. final decision to allow the appeal and set aside prior order. (Para 3)

(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE)

1. The appellant - University, has filed the present appeal impugning an order dated 19.03.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in Writ Petition No.7858/2025 (EDN-RES). The respondent had filed the said petition, inter alia, praying that the direction be given to the appellant to consider the marks awarded to the respondent No.1 for the examination in the discipline of MD in Pathology held on 01.01.2025 conducted by the Appellant - University by rounding off the marks from 49.25% to 50%. The said writ petition was allowed in terms of an order following the decision in Dr. K. Sree Laxmi v. Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and another : W.P.No.3438/2025 and connected matters dated 24.02.2025. The operative part of the order reads as under:

"ORDER a) Writ petition is hereby allowed in terms of the order in the case of DR. K.SREE LAXMI V/S. RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND ANOTHER in W.P.No.3438/2025 and Connected Matters dated

24.02.2025 b) The respondent No.1 - RGUHS is directed to round off the percentage of marks obtained by the petitioner from 49.25% to 50% and consider the petitioner as having passed and issue necessary marks sheet / result sheet within a period of two weeks from today."

2. The appellant states that the judgment dated 24.02.2025 in Writ Petition No.3438/2025 and connected cases, was subject matter of an appeal before this Court being WA No.448/2025 and connected cases, which was allowed by this Court in terms of the judgment dated 26.06.2025. Thus concededly, in view of the said judgment, the present appeal is required to be allowed as well. The appeal is accordingly allowed and the impugned order is set aside.

3. Pending applications stand disposed of.