The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday ordered issue of notice to the State government and the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) on the petitions filed by a group of students questioning non-consideration of their marks obtained in the 2021 pre-university course while allotting ranks to them in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET)-2022.
Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar passed the order on the petitions filed by Eshwar R. and seven other students. The court adjourned further hearing till Monday as it was pointed out that several other petitions were filed in the court’s registry by other students on the same issue.
The petitioners have said that they completed their II PU course in 2021. Though they had appeared for the KCET-2021, they did not pursue admission to professional courses last year but appeared for the KCET-2022.
