P&H: Rejects Challenge to HTET Answer Key

punjab-haryana
⚖️ Order Date: 27 Oct 2026
Headnotes

(i) Examination answer key — Re-evaluation of an answer key is not permissible in the absence of mala fides or any patent error in the experts’ decision — In absence of self-evident, non-inferential error, Court would not intervene to disturb conclusion drawn by subject-matter experts....

(ii) Examination answer key — Nothing available on the record disclosed a palpable and demonstrable error in the disputed question, and the grievance raised at most debatable issue of preference between two answer options — Once matter had been placed before an Expert Committee and...


Facts of the Case

P&H: Rejects Challenge to HTET Answer Key

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a candidate’s plea seeking an additional mark in the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET)-2024. Justice Harpreet Singh Brar held that the candidate had not challenged the disputed answer within the prescribed objection period and that the record did not show a clear error warranting judicial intervention.

The petitioner scored 89 out of 150 marks, one mark below the qualifying score of 90. He challenged Question 82 in Level-I, Set-A, which asked for Haryana’s newly proposed 23rd district. He had selected Hansi, while the Board’s final answer key identified Gohana as the correct...

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