JABALPUR, India, July 24 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on June 24:

1. This order shall also govern the disposal of this batch of writ petitions, regard being had to the similitude of the reliefs sought. 2. For the sake of convenience, the facts as narrated in W.P. No.17344 of 2025 are being taken into consideration, in which the following reliefs have been sought:-

"That on the facts stated above and the grounds raised above, petitioner prays for the following reliefs: -

1) That the Hon'ble Court be pleased to issue a writ in nature of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ order directing the Respondent no.1 to consider and reconduct the examination for the petitioner or provide alternative solution to ensure fair assessment for the petitioner.

2) Any other relief, which the Hon'ble Court deems fit in the facts and circumstances of the case, be granted to the petitioner."

3. The petitioner herein, is a student aspiring to be a doctor and had given the entrance test NEET Undergraduate (UG) Examination 2025, conducted by the National Testing Agency, which is the sole entrance examination for MBBS, BDS and other related courses in the country. The exams are conducted annually which include Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects, and for this year the exams were held on 04.05.2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at different centers across India, as also in the city of Indore. The grievance of the petitioner is that, due to severe thunderstorm in this part of the country, there was substantial disruption in the supply of electricity leading to power outage, which resulted in forcing the petitioner to give the exam in the dark, which ultimately affected her performance in the examination, as even the extra time was not given for time lost.

4. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner had prepared for the said examination diligently and with utmost dedication and it was her third attempt, but as no power backup was provided in the Centre of the petitioner, viz., the respondent No.2, ILVA Higher Secondary School, Indore, being aggrieved of the power management during the examination, and lack of power backup for around 1 to 2 hours, and taking into account the fact that as per the respondent No.1's website, the results were to be declared on 14.06.2025 the petitioner had no option but to approach this Court by filing this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.

5. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that if the petitioner's grievance is not redressed, she would suffer extreme prejudice, as not only her entire year's hard work would be wasted without any fault on her part, but would also have the effect of sending her into depression, and in such circumstances, the petition deserves to be allowed and the respondent be directed to conduct re-examination of the petitioner.

6. In support of his submissions, counsel for the petitioner has also drawn the attention of this Court to the front page of the news of daily newspaper Dainik Bhaskar, published on 05.05.2025, which has published a detailed news regarding the outage of power and the resultant darkness, which prevailed in the various examination centres across the city due to heavy weather, which ultimately affected the performance of the students in the centres. Another news has also been published in English daily newspaper, published from Ujjain with the headline "NEET examines create ruckus at Madhav College over power cut". Counsel has also referred to the press release dated of the India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, which also forecasted rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and squally/gusty winds which were likely to continue over Northwest India till 7th May 2025.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://mphc.gov.in/upload/indore/MPHCIND/2025/WP/22852/WP_22852_2025_FinalOrder_23-06-2025.pdf)

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