HC bench allows NTA appeal, sets aside order for NEET UG '25 re-test
National Testing Agency
(NTA) and set aside the writ court order that directed a re-test of NEET UG 2025 for students who faced power cuts during the exams on May 4, 2025.
The court allowed writ petitions filed by the NTA against the June 23 order that directed the agency to conduct the retest of students approaching the court before June 3, with grievances that power cuts adversely affected their ability and concentration during the tests on May 4.
The bench, comprising Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi, while clubbing a bunch of appeals from the NTA and the students, said in the order, "..we
do not find that it is a fit case for a re-test of NEET (UG) 2025. Hence, all the Writ Appeals filed by the NTA stand allowed. The impugned order passed by the Writ Court dated June 23, 2025, is hereby set aside, and all the writ petitions are dismissed."
Referring to a statistical analysis of the performance of students prepared by an expert committee and submitted by the NTA, the court observed that it is clear from the aforesaid that the result and performance of the writ petitioners were not seriously affected due to bad weather and power outage for some time.
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To avoid such a situation in the future, the court also directed the NTA and local administration of each district to ensure that all the measures, especially the continuity of power supply by way of regular supply or by way of an alternate mode of supply, proper sitting arrangement, and availability of air and cooling, are in place. It is the responsibility of the local administration to prepare the list of centres that can be used for these types of important examinations by any of the agencies, it said.
The court observed that it is correct that students prepared a whole year before appearing in this examination, which is a turning point in their career. "They must have taken coaching from higher and expensive coaching centres along with their regular studies of Higher Secondary School Examinations. Therefore, if they faced this type of situation, they and their family members may feel in their entire life that because of this incident, they could not reach a place they dreamed of in life," it observed.
"It is also a fact to accept that more than 22 lakh students appeared for limited seats of 1 lakh, therefore, the percentage of selection is very low. These students feel that they could not perform well because of the power outage in their examination centres, but the other 21 lakh students who appeared in good condition remained unsuccessful," the court said.
"There is no guarantee that even if the re-test is done in all conducive circumstances or atmosphere, they will secure higher marks than this examination," the court observed.
It is correct that for every child, this exam is very important for his future career, but it is also important to note that out of 27,264 candidates, only 70 candidates filed writ petitions complaining about disruption due to power outage, which is a very insignificant figure, the court observed.
Earlier, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted that the learned Single Judge's direction for a re-test was impractical as the NEET (UG) exam is conducted in a single shift with one question paper to preserve comparability and fairness. He contested that the direction to conduct a re-test would significantly delay the commencement of this academic session.
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