1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 7144 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 7144 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO. 7144 OF 2008 Shwetali Sunil Ambulkar ... Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. Respondents Mr. N.N.Gavankar, Advocate i/b. Mr. Arfan Sait, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. P.P.Chavan, Advocate i/b. M/s. Little & Co., Advocates, for Respondent No.3. Mr. V.S.Masurkar, Government Pleader, for Respondent No.1/State. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & J.H.BHATIA,JJ. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & J.H.BHATIA,JJ. CORAM: BILAL NAZKI & J.H.BHATIA,JJ. DATE: 18th November, 2008. DATE: 18th November, 2008. DATE: 18th November, 2008. P.C P.C P.C. 1. The case of the petitioner is that she passed the S.S.C. Examination in March, 2008. A marks-sheet was issued to her and she got 87.53%. Thereafter she 2 applied for revaluation in one of the papers and the marks were increased. However, on 12th September, 2008, she was informed that her result has been cancelled and she has been debarred from appearing for the Board Examination till October 2008. 2. We have heard the learned Counsel for the parties and perused the record. 3. We had directed the Respondents to produce the record. The record reveals that on each page of the Answer Book, the petitioner has mentioned her seat number which is a disqualification in view of the Rules. The practice in the Board Examination is that the seat number/roll number is to be written only on the cover page of the Answer Book. Before the paper is evaluated, the cover page is removed and a code number is given so that the identity of the candidate is not known to the examiner who evaluates the papers. Once the seat number/roll number is mentioned on each page of the Answer Book, the identity has been disclosed. Whether the petitioner got any benefit by disclosing her identity or not would not be a pertinent question. The question would be whether she tried to disclose her identity or not. This cannot be a mistake because on each page of the answer book, the seat number was 3 mentioned and the Rules lay down that if without necessity seat number is written on any page except the cover page of the answer book, cancellation of total result with disqualification for one subsequent examination can be ordered. Since the petitioner has used unfair means by writing her seat number on each page of the answer book, she has incurred disqualification. The action of the Respondents cannot be faulted. 4. Therefore, the Writ Petition is misconceived and is dismissed. (BILAL (BILAL (BILAL NAZKI,J.) NAZKI,J.) NAZKI,J.) (J.H.BHATIA,J.) (J.H.BHATIA,J.) (J.H.BHATIA,J.)