Bombay: Girl Expecting 650 Marks In NEET 2020 Scores 'ZERO', Files Petition For Manual Checking Of OMR

The girl stated in her petition that she scored 93.4% in the SSC Examination, 81.85% in the HSC examination, and was expecting to score around 650 out of 720 in the NEET exam.

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NEET  2020 results were announced on October 16th and 2 students scored the perfect marks making history. Both Shoyeb Aftab and Akanksha Singh scored 720/720 marks in the medical entrance examination. While people applauded the students for their achievement as a student from Maharashtra got 0 marks out of 720 though she was expecting 650 marks. Also Read|NEET 2020 Success Stories: How A Cowherd’s Son From Tamil Nadu Went On To Crack The Exam; Needs Financial Assistance To Pursue Course The girl has demanded a manual evaluation of her OMR sheet after scoring zero in the NEET 2020 exam.

The Bombay High Court today issued a notice in a petition filed by a National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) aspirant seeking directions for manual evaluation of her OMR sheet after scoring zero in the exam.

 Justices AS Chandurkar and NB Suryawanshi of the Nagpur Bench of the High Court issued notice to the National Testing Agency, and Union Ministries of Health and Human Resource Development.

The student, through Advocate Ashwin Deshpande, has urged the Court to direct the authorities to produce her NEET OMR sheet and to get it manually evaluated. Her contention stems from an apprehension that the faulty online testing mechanism of the OMR sheet has led to her scoring 0 marks out of 720.

The plea states that the petitioner has an excellent academic record, having scored 93.4% in the SSC Examination and 81.85% in the HSC examination.

Prior to the results of NEET, NTA uploaded the OMR sheet submitted by the candidates so that they are given an opportunity to make a representation of the gradation of their OMR sheets. They were also given an opportunity to challenge the answer key in case of any doubt. This option was given as there is no re-checking or revaluation system for the NEET exams.

The petitioner contends that her OMR sheet was not uploaded. Even though she sent a representation to NTA, she did not receive a reply from them. The plea states,

"It is most respectfully submitted that the petitioner was expecting around 650 plus marks out of 720 which means that she will be eligible for getting admission for MBBS Course in any of the Government Medical College in the State of Maharashtra."

The plea apprehends that the petitioner’s OMR sheet might "not have been scanned properly or there might be some problem in the system or it cannot be ruled out that her OMR Sheet got exchanged with some other candidate."

The girl has thus urged the Court to direct the respondents to refrain from proceeding with the admission process until a decision is rendered in the instant petition.