IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10332 of 2004 RAVI CHAND KUMAR & ANR Versus THE BIHAR SCHOOL EXAM.BOARD ----------- 05. 03.02.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the counsel, appearing for the Bihar School Examination Board. Prayer of the petitioners is for a direction to the Bihar School Examination Board for issuing his original Matriculation Certificate. Both the petitioners have passed their Matriculation Examination in the year 1999. Petitioner No. 1 with the 2nd Division marks and Petitioner No. 2 with 1st Division marks. Mark-sheets of the Matriculation Examination, issued in their favour, have been obtained by the petitioners, but the Respondent, Bihar School Examination Board, is not issuing their original certificates on this plea that their forms were not properly forwarded with the signature of the Headmaster of the concerned school. Both the petitioners had appeared as private candidate. At present the petitioners have also completed their Graduation. The reason for not issuing original Matriculation Certificate of the petitioners has got no 2 relevance, considering the fact that on the basis of improperly forwarded forms for appearing in Matriculation Examination, no objection was raised by the Board at the relevant time. Admit Card was issued in the favour of the petitioners. They were allowed to appear in the Examination. Their results were also published. Mark-sheet issued in their favour. Now, at this stage, the Respondent, Bihar School Examination Board can not raise objection in the matter of issuance of original Matriculation Certificate. Considering all these facts, this Writ Application is being allowed. The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board is directed to issue original Matriculation Certificate of both the petitioners on production / communication of this Order without any delay. The Registration Nos. of the petitioners were 0713-005-01975/98 and 0713-005-01973/98. They had appeared in the Examination, held in the year 1999. Considering all these facts their certificate must be issued by the Bihar School Examination Board without taking other plea and without any delay. SKM (Mridula Mishra, J.) 3