IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition No. 1011 of 2008 (M/S) Tanai Sati S/O Vinod Chandra Sati, R/O Mohalla- Durgapuri, Ramnagar, District Nainital. …… Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand through Secretary Education and another. … Respondents. Sri G.C.Kandpal, learned counsel for the petitioner. Sri V.K.Bist, Senior Advocate, with Sri V.K.Kaparwan, learned counsel for the respondent No. 2. Date June 20, 2008. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. Sri G.C.Kandpal, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri K.P.Upadhyay, learned Additional C.S.C. for the State and Sri V.K.Bist, Senior Advocate, with Sri V.K.Kaparwan, learned counsel for the respondent no.2-Examination Board. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. This writ petition has been filed for issue a writ order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to evaluate the answer books of the petitioner in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subject before this Hon’ble Court. According to the petitioner, he was a regular student of Class XII in Government Inter College, Ramnagar, Nainital and appeared in the Intermediate Examination 2008 conducted by the Board and secured 58% marks in aggregate. The petitioner had expected himself to get 70% marks in the Intermediate Examination. The petitioner has qualified for the entrance test of Hindustan Academy of Air Craft Maintenance Engineers Course for which eligibility criteria is fixed 65%, while the petitioner had secured only 58% marks. 2 Learned counsel for the Examination Board has urged that there is no provision in the Education Act or the Rules for re- evaluation of the answer books and only scrutiny can be made. In the facts and circumstances of the case, if the petitioner applies for scrutiny of the answer books of any particular subject or subjects and deposits the requisite treasury challan, the respondent No.2-Board is directed to complete the scrutiny of the marks, as may be applied for by the petitioner expeditiously, as far as possible preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of application for scrutiny. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of finally. All pending applications stand disposed of. ( B.S.Verma, J. ) RCP 3 4