Ravi Shankar v. The Union Of India And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19352 of 2016 ================================================= Ravi Shankar, Son of Ramashis Chaudhary, Resident of Village- Naya Tola, Wajitpur, P.O.- Mirzapur Bandwar, Ward No.44, P.S.- Muffasil, District- Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner
Versus
1. The Union of India through the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Ministry of Human Resources Development Department, New Delhi.
2. The Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi through its Chairman.
3. The Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi.
4. The Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi.
5. The Regional Officer, Central Board of Secondary Education, Regional Office, Raja Bazar, Bailey Road, Patna.
6. The Principal, River Valley School, Begusarai. .... .... Respondents ================================================= Appearance :
For the Petitioner : Mr. Shashi Priya Pathak, Advocate For the CBSE :
Mr. Vinay Krishna Tripathy, Advocate For the U.O.I.
:
Mr. Alok Kumar Jha, Advocate ================================================= CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 06-04-2017 This application has been filed seeking direction to the respondents to make necessary correction in the name of petitioner in his mark-sheet and certificate of Class-XII issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi (for brevity the "CBSE").
Petitioner's case is that his correct name is Ravi Shankar, son of Ramashish Chaudhary, and with that name he had passed Class-Xth examination held by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi in the year 2012.
While registering the petitioner's name for
Patna High Court CWJC No.19352 of 2016 dt.06-04-2017 appearing in Class- XII examination, some mistake at the school level took place, and in place of "Ravi Shankar", "Ravi Shankar Kumar" was mentioned in the registration slip. Despite objection having been raised, the said mistake continued up to the issuance of result of Class-XII examination held by the CBSE.
The petitioner is said to have filed representation for making correction before the CBSE, Delhi, which is still pending.
Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the CBSE, Delhi has drawn my attention to Clause 69(1) of the Bylaws of CBSE, and has submitted that, if the petitioner submits an application duly forwarded by the school, last attended by him, with the admission form, school leaving certificate of the school where the petitioner had studied for Class-Xth, as well as Class-XII admission withdrawal register, part of which has been brought on record by way of Annexure5 to this application, the CBSE shall take final decision with respect to correction of petitioner's name.
Be that as it may, in the facts and circumstances of this case, this application is disposed of with a direction that if an application duly forwarded by the head of the school where the petitioner had studied in Class-XII along with certified copies of Admission Form, School Leaving Certificate and relevant part of Admission Withdrawal Register is submitted within two weeks from today, the CBSE, Delhi, shall take a final decision in this regard by making necessary
Patna High Court CWJC No.19352 of 2016 dt.06-04-2017 correction, if required, within a period of eight (8) weeks thereafter.
It is indicated that the CBSE, Delhi, shall not raise any question of delay in submission of application form by the petitioner and shall decide the petitioner's claim on merit only.
(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.) Rajeev/- U