Mumbai, June 04: A boy from Akola topped the merit list securing 98.5 per cent marks in Higher Secondary Certificate Examination in Maharashtra which recorded a pass percentage of 62.78. Kapil Vinay Goenka of RLT College topped the merit list.

5,42,678 out of the 8,64,473 students passed the exams conducted by the State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in February-March 2003 for which results were declared today.

Kuntan Mazumdar of Shivaji Science College, Nagpur, with 97.83 per cent marks secured second place while Virendra Ashokrao Patil of Mahatma Gandhi Junior College, Ahmedpur, in Latur district was placed third with 97.67 per cent.

Bureau Report