The Allahabad High Court, while hearing during vacation, rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea on Friday that had sought a stay on the declaration of NEET-UG 2025 results. The petition also requested the quashing and re-conduct of the Physics section of the entrance paper.
The Division Bench comprising Justice Saurabh Lavania and Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi dismissed the PIL filed by Deenbandhu Samgra Swasthya Avam Siksha Shodh Sansthan. A detailed order in the matter is still awaited.
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The plea, presented through Advocates Moti Lal Yadav and Arti Rawat, alleged several irregularities in the Physics section of the NEET-UG 2025 examination held on May 4, 2025. It claimed that many questions were either wrong, beyond the prescribed syllabus, or directly copied from private coaching material without proper vetting.
It was further stated that the questions lacked academic accuracy and were absurd or irrelevant, thus compromising the fairness of the exam. The petition emphasized that such questions were never part of the official NEET syllabus and gave undue benefit to aspirants trained by specific coaching institutes.
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"That the inclusion of such an Out of Syllabus Question can never be out of Ignorance of the Paper Setter or by chance but might have been taught by some Coaching Institutes, and as such the aspirants of such Coaching Institutes will certainly be befitted out of it," the plea argued.
The PIL also criticized the alleged lack of transparency in the evaluation process. It pointed out that the answer sheets were not disclosed to the candidates, creating disparities in results. The petition argued that every candidate holds the fundamental right to access and review their answer sheets in comparison with others.
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Additionally, the plea sought a direction for the full publication of NEET-UG results so that candidates could compare their performance in a transparent manner.
Another significant claim in the plea was the unusual concentration of top scorers from particular districts like Sikar in Rajasthan and Namakkal in Tamil Nadu, suggesting possible manipulation or irregularities in the exam conduct or scoring patterns.
Advocate Indrajeet Shukla, Additional Chief Standing Counsel, represented the State of Uttar Pradesh. Advocate Syed Mohammad Haider Rizvi appeared on behalf of the Director General of Medical Education and Training, Uttar Pradesh.
