Patna High Court
Aditi SinhaversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- AJIT KUMAR
Holding
The Court held that the petitioner must first make a fresh representation providing her father's details, after which the Board shall correct the documents.
Summary
Aditi Sinha filed a writ petition in the Patna High Court seeking a mandamus directing the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) to correct an error in her Secondary Teacher Eligibility Test (STET) 2025 admit card and result sheet, where her husband's name was mistakenly entered in the father's's name column. She claimed that despite having submitted a representation to the Examination Controller, no corrective action was taken. The Board contended that only the father's name should appear and that the petitioner must file a fresh representation providing her father's details. The Court held that the petitioner must submit a new representation within one week, referencing her earlier submission and furnishing proof of her father's name. Upon receipt, the Board was ordered to issue the corrected documents within two weeks, and the writ petition was disposed.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can issue a mandamus directing the BSEB to correct the admit card and result sheet without a fresh representation from the petitioner.
- Whether the petitioner is required to follow the Board's procedural requirement of providing her father's details before any correction can be made.
Subjects
- mandamus
- admit card correction
- result sheet correction
- STET 2025
- Bihar School Examination Board
- administrative procedure
- representation
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.3547 of 2026
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Aditi Sinha Wife of Sanjeev Kumar, Daughter of Late Upendra Prasad Singh,
resident of village and P.O.- Salehpur, P.S- Telahada, District- Nalanda
(Bihar). Presently residing at H.N.- F/N-6, Savitri- Sadan, Shivaji Chowk
(West), Ramkrishna Nagar, P.S.- Ramkrishna Nagar, District - Patna (Bihar).
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar through the ACS-cum-Principal Secretary, Department of
Education, Bihar, Patna
2. The Director, Secondary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.
3. The Chairman, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.
4. The Secretary, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.
5. The Examination Controller, Bihar School Examination Board, Patna.
6. The Controller of Examination (Vividh), Bihar School Examination Board,
Patna.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ranjit Kumar, Adv.
For the Respondent/s : Mr. Sarvesh Kumar Singh, AAG (13)
For the BSEB : Mr. P.K. Shahi, Sr. Advocate
Mr. Vipin Kumar, Adv.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 17-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned
counsel for the State and learned counsel representing the Bihar
School Examination Board.
2. The present petition has been filed for the
following relief(s):-
“That this is an application for
issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus
directing and commanding the respondents
to make necessary correction in the Admit
Card and Result Sheet of Secondary Teacher
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Eligibility Test (STET) Examination, 2025 in
which name of Husband of the petitioner has
been typed in the column of father of the
petitioner and further direct the respondents
to provide the corrected Result Sheet of the
STET Examination, 2025 to the petitioner.
And/ Or for issuance of a
writ/order/direction for which the petitioner
may be found legally entitled to under the
facts and circumstances stated herein
under.”
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
instant application has been filed for making correction in the
name of father’s column wherein, inadvertently, name of the
petitioner’s husband has been mentioned for which appropriate
representation with all supportive materials before the
Examination Controller of Bihar School Examination Board,
Patna, have been filed but till date no action has been taken.
4. On the other hand, learned counsel representing
the Bihar School Examination Board by referring to the
application form appended as Annexure P/1, and Admit Card as
also the result so published by Bihar School Examination Board
which are also appended as Annexure P/2 and P/3 respectively
to the writ application, submits that in the column of
father’s/husband’s name, the name of only father will be
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incorporated either in the Admit Card or in the Result Sheet,
therefore, the petitioner may be directed to file fresh
representation giving details of her father, so that, appropriate
necessary correction in the Result Sheet as also in the Admit
Card can be made by the authorities of the Bihar School
Examination Board.
5. Considering the aforesaid stand of Bihar School
Examination Board, the petitioner is directed to make a fresh
representation giving reference of the earlier representation with
all supportive material showing her bona fide and as also the
documents giving details of his father so that the necessary
correction can be made by the by the authorities of the Bihar
School Examination Board in the result sheet.
6. Accordingly, the petitioner is directed to file such
representation within a period of one week from today and on
filing of the said representation by the petitioner, the necessary
order shall be passed by the Board within a further period of two
weeks from filing of the representation.
7. The writ petition stands disposed of.
(Ajit Kumar, J)
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