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NEET-UG 2024 result | The Madhya Pradesh High Court's Indore bench has put a stay on the NEET-UG result. The decision came after several students faced serious disruptions during the exam held on May 4.
Strong winds and heavy rain caused power outages at multiple centers across Indore. As a result, many students couldn’t read the question paper properly. Some even had to write the paper using candlelight and mobile phone flashlights. In some cases, students couldn’t write the exam at all.
The High Court questioned the National Testing Agency (NTA) for not providing a satisfactory explanation. It has ordered the agency to not release the results until the matter is resolved. The court issued notices to the NTA, the electricity company, and the exam centers involved. They must respond by June 30.
Around 2.5 lakh students took the NEET-UG exam across 30 cities in Madhya Pradesh. In Indore alone, 27,000 students appeared for the test at 49 centers. Power failed at 11 of those centers when a storm hit the city with wind speeds up to 120 km/h.
One affected student said, “I prepared for a whole year. But I couldn’t even read the questions properly. My hard work went to waste.”
Many students left exam centers in tears. They said the conditions were unfair and ruined their chances of admission.
At one of the affected centers in Ujjain, students reported that some rooms were given extra time after the power outage, while others were not. A candidate from room 212 said, “We also lost time, but no one gave us extra minutes.”
NTA had set up some exam centers for the first time in government schools. These centers had no power backup. That decision is now under scrutiny.
A third-party review of exam centers raised serious concerns. It found missing CCTVs in exam rooms and unguarded storage rooms for question papers. These findings raise questions about how NTA selects and checks its test centers.
This year, NTA expanded the number of test centers. NEET-UG was held at 4,750 centers across 571 cities, including 14 international locations. In 2023, there were 4,097 centers.
According to officials, the increase aimed to reduce travel for rural students. But the expansion also meant using less-prepared venues.
The court’s stay on the result affects thousands of students. Many say NEET is their only chance to get into medical and related fields. A delay or re-exam could decide their entire academic future.
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