The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it has decided to cancel the scorecards of 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates who were given grace marks and said that these students will be given the option to take a re-test on 23 June.
If the candidates, out of the 1,563, do not wish to take up the retest then their earlier marks, sans the grace marks, will be given for the purposes of the results.
The results of the re-test will be declared on June 30 and the counselling for admission in the MBBS, BDS, other courses will start on July 6, the Centre said.
The government also informed the top court that it has set up a committee to review the results of the candidates who were awarded ‘grace marks’ due to time loss during the exam.
Earlier, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its decision to not halt the counselling process for NEET-UG 2024.
“Counselling will proceed as scheduled and there will be no interruption. If the exam continues, everything else will proceed as well, so there is no cause for concern,” the top court said.
Meanwhile, the top court said that all pleas, including those seeking cancellation of NEET-UG, 2024 on account of allegation of malpractices, will be taken up on 8 July.
The NEET-UG 2024 examination was held by the NTA on 5 May across 4,750 centres and around 24 lakh candidates appeared for the exam. The results were expected to be declared on 14 June but were announced on 4 June, apparently because the evaluation of the answer sheets got completed earlier.
The allegations such as question paper leak and the grant of grace marks to over 1,500 medical aspirants have led to protests and filing of cases in seven high courts as also the Supreme Court.
As many as 67 students scored a perfect 720, unprecedented in NTA’s history, with six from a centre in Haryana’s Faridabad figuring in the list, raising suspicions about irregularities.
Scores of students protested in Delhi on 10 June seeking a probe into alleged irregularities. It has been alleged that grace marks contributed to 67 students sharing the top rank.
The NEET-UG examination is conducted by NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
With inputs from agencies
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NEET grace marks of 1,563 students cancelled, re-test on 23 June, Centre tells SC
