KCET 2022 Row: Karnataka High Court directs KEA to consider 50% PUC marks for repeaters | Education News,The Indian Express
KCET 2022 Row: On August 2, the CET repeaters filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court, seeking consideration of 50 per cent of QE marks for CET rankings.
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KCET 2022 Row: Karnataka High Court directs KEA to consider 50% PUC marks for repeaters
KCET 2022 Row: On August 2, the CET repeaters filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court, seeking consideration of 50 per cent of QE marks for CET rankings.
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Bengaluru | Updated: September 4, 2022 11:47:02 am
Justice Krishna Kumar while hearing the petition quashed the notification passed by the KEA of considering only 100 per cent CET marks for repeaters. (File image)In what comes a huge relief for Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) repeaters of 2022, the Karnataka High Court on Saturday allowed the petitions filed by the repeaters and directed the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) to consider 50 per cent of qualifying exam (QE) or the PUC scores for evaluating their CET rankings. The HC has also directed the KEA to redo the CET rankings for admission to undergraduate courses in Engineering and Technology for the academic year 2022-23 in accordance with Rules 3 and 4 of the Karnataka Selection of Candidates for Admission to government seats in professional educational institutions.
On August 2, the CET repeaters filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court, seeking a consideration of 50 per cent of QE marks for CET rankings.
However, the Karnataka Examination Authority on July 30 issued an order stating that only 100 per cent of CET marks will be considered for CET candidates of 2021 who appeared in 2022. This is because in 2021, the CET evaluation was based only on 100 per cent CET scores as against the norm of 50 per cent of QE or PUC/class 12 marks and 50 per cent of CET score.
The decision on considering only 100 per cent CET score was arrived after the government promoted all the students of II PUC due to Covid-19 without conducting the examination and evaluating based on SSLC, first PU and internal assessment marks.
Justice Krishna Kumar, who was hearing the case, however quashed the July 30 order — the day when CET rankings were also announced- of the KEA citing that, the bulletin issued by the KEA clearly prescribes for eligibility to gain admission by taking both II PUC/XII standard marks and CET marks in equal proportion and in the entire bulletin there is absolutely no mention as regards not considering II PUC/XII standard marks for CET ranking for the academic year 2022-23. The HC also observed that the ‘impugned’ order of the KEA is ‘unreasoned’, ‘non-speaking’, ‘cryptic’ and does not disclose any ‘application of mind’.
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