Very interesting but not directly connected with us. Harish forgive! JEE(ADV): Give preference to those who answered with decimals, says HC
* The Times of India (Mumbai edition) * 6 Jul 2018 * Chennai: Candidates of JEE (advanced) who have answered in exact numerical value in decimal notation, rounding off to second decimal place, must get preference over candidates who answered by rounding off values to one decimal point or without any decimal notation, Madras HC has ruled. Justice S Vaidhyanathan passed the order, allowing a plea moved by L Lakshmi Sree, after it was brought to the HC's notice that the original instructions given to candidates who wrote the exam on May 20 was that they must answer in correct numerical value in decimal notation rounded off to the second decimal place. It was made clear that full marks would be given only if answered as per the instructions. The petitioner said that as per the instructions, she had spent quality time to answer the questions by entering correct numerical value in decimal notation rounding off to second decimal. However, some of the candidates, without reading the instructions carefully, had answered with one decimal point or without any decimal notation, she added. Subsequently, the authorities concerned made a clarification on their website stating that "if an answer is the integer 11, all the answered entered as 11, 11.0, or 11.00 will be correct." The petitioner wrote to the authorities on June 1 stating that awarding marks to candidates who did not strictly follow the original instructions would adversely affect marks and ranks of those who had strictly followed the instructions spending valuable time. Since there was no reply from the authorities, she was cosntrained to approach the court. Admitting the plea on June 7, the court passed an interim order allowing the authorities to evaluate papers only based on original instructions and if evaluation was made based on the clarification, allotment of seats should not be made till further orders. When the petition was taken up for final hearing on Monday, the authorities argued that evaluation in both ways would not alter the total number of candidates selected. The judge allowed the plea noting that by giving preference to candidates like the petitioner, the total number of candidates who had been selected were not going to be affected, instead, their rankings alone would change. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
