New Delhi: An AIEEE candidate, who sat for
the exam after a delay of three hours due to question paper
leak on May 1, today approached the Delhi High Court seeking a
direction to allow her to appear in the rescheduled test,
saying she was forced to give the entrance examination in
adverse conditions.
Filing a petition through counsel R K Saini and Sitab
Ali Chaudhary, the petitioner Schalka Tyagi while referring to
the advertisements in different news papers said the
organisers have rescheduled the examination for only those
candidate who were not able to appear it on May 1 which is
"arbitrary, illegal and unjust".
She submitted that she was not given information about
the rescheduling of the exam and was compelled to give the
exam under adverse conditions and circumstances which is
violative of fundamental rights.
Tyagi pleaded that she should be allowed to appear in
the examination rescheduled for May 11.
She was not given any option to chose to appear in the
next date of examination, the petition said, adding "she and
other students were treated in a cruel, indifferent and
insensitive manner and they have been discriminated by the
organisers".
The petition is likely to be listed for hearing
tomorrow.
Last Sunday, the All India Engineering Entrance
Examination organised by CBSE was delayed by three hours
following a paper leak. The exam was scheduled at 9.30 AM but
was rescheduled to begin at 12 noon on the same day.
The question paper was reportedly being sold in the
open market in Lucknow and a man was arrested by the Uttar
Pradesh Special Task Force.
The organisers have fixed another examination on May
11 only for those aspirants who were not able to appear on
Sunday and restrained the students who have already appeared
the exam.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, May 04, 2011, 21:44