NEET Result: 'Are there other discrepancies?' asks Physics Wallah CEO Alakh Pandey, slams NTA on grace marks row

The Centre announced on Thursday that the decision to grant grace marks to 1,563 NEET-UG 2024 candidates for admission into MBBS, BDS, and other courses has been revoked. The affected candidates will be offered the option to retake the exam on June 23. A vacation bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was informed that the students who were initially given grace marks can choose to retake the exam. If they opt out of the re-test, their original scores, without the grace marks, will be considered for their results. The court decided not to halt the ongoing counselling process for admissions.

Is NTA hiding more? Alakh Pandey, CEO of Physics Wallah

Alakh Pandey, CEO of Physics Wallah and one of the petitioners, said that though NTA has accepted the mistake on grace marks, but he asked where there are any other discrepancies that students are not aware of. "Today, NTA accepted in front of the Supreme Court that the grace marks given to the students were wrong and they agree that this created dissatisfaction among the students. They agreed that they will remove the grace marks... Re-examination of those 1,563 students who got grace marks will be done on June 23, or the original score without grace marks would be accepted by the students. NTA agreed in front of the SC that the grace marks they awarded were wrong. The question is if NTA has other discrepancies that we are unaware of. So, there is a trust issue with NTA... The issue of paper leak is open and hearing on that will continue..."

Neet: Re-Test Details

The re-test results will be declared on June 30, and the counselling for admission to MBBS, BDS, and other courses will commence on July 6, according to the Centre. The bench acknowledged these details and stated that all related pleas, including the one filed by Alakh Pandey, CEO of EdTech firm Physics Wallah, will be heard on July 8. These pleas include requests for the cancellation of NEET-UG 2024 due to allegations of question paper leaks and other malpractices.

Background of NEET-UG 2024

The NEET-UG 2024 exam was conducted by the NTA on May 5 across 4,750 centres, with approximately 24 lakh candidates appearing for the test. Initially, the results were expected on June 14 but were released early on June 4 as the evaluation process was completed ahead of schedule.