IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2762 of 2009 PANKAJ KUMAR . Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS . ----------- 04/ 18/02/2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner questions his non-selection on the post of Sub-inspector of Police for which he appeared at the examination, aggrieved by the grant of ‘0’ mark to him in the paper of Statistics. The counter affidavit of the respondents states that the answer sheet was in the Optical Marker Reader (O.M.R.) format to be scanned by a computerized software. Any error in filling up the O.M.R. form would ultimately result in the software refusing to recognize the answer-sheet. The original answer-sheet of the petitioner in the subject of Statistics has been produced in a sealed cover. The question paper series column has been left unmarked by the petitioner which was a mandatory requirement as cautioned in the note appended above the answer- sheet itself. The petitioner has only himself to blame for the lapse if the software refused to recognize his answer-sheet for his failure to fill up the answer-sheet properly. The argument on behalf of the petitioner to invoke sympathy for a minor error on his part unfortunately cannot be accepted by the writ court, as sympathy cannot supplant the law. Let the original answer-sheet be returned to the Counsel for the Commission. The writ application stands dismissed. KC/ ( Navin Sinha, J.)