Delhi High Court has sought the stand of the National Testing Agency (NTA) on a petition by a 19-year-old National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) candidate seeking grace marks after she received a torn Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheet.

 

Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the NTA and the centre on the petition by the candidate and directed the preservation of her original OMR sheet.

 

The OMR sheet for exams is a pre-printed paper security document that contains personal information of the candidate, such as name and date of birth.

 

The petitioner, represented by advocate Tanvi Dubey, said she appeared in the NEET UG 2024 on May 5 and found that the seal cover, the first page of the question paper of the physics portion, and the OMR sheet were torn vertically.