<p>The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Bombay High Court order, which directed the National Testing Agency to hold re-examination for two candidates for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) candidates due to mixing up of answer booklets.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai said that the court sympathised with the students and completely understood their plight, but it could not order re-examination for them. </p>.<p>Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for NTA, submitted that the answers of the students would be matched with the correct question booklets. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sc-allows-oci-candidates-to-appear-in-neet-counselling-for-ug-pg-1048664.html">SC allows OCI candidates to appear in NEET counselling for UG, PG</a></strong></p>.<p>He said that if the direction to conduct NEET-UG re-exam was allowed, it would become a pattern and every year, students would come forward to demand it for one mistake or the other. </p>.<p>A counsel, appearing for students, contended that they lost precious time during the exam due to the mix-up and could not answer all questions.</p>.<p>However, the bench said, "Though we sympathise with the cause of the two students. we find it difficult to order the re-examination of the two students. Thus, we set aside the direction of the High Court to conduct the fresh exam."</p>.<p>On October 28, the top court had stayed the Bombay High Court order on NEET re-exam for two candidates, allowing the declaration of results of over 16 lakh students who took the exam. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Friday set aside a Bombay High Court order, which directed the National Testing Agency to hold re-examination for two candidates for National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) candidates due to mixing up of answer booklets.</p>.<p>A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and B R Gavai said that the court sympathised with the students and completely understood their plight, but it could not order re-examination for them. </p>.<p>Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for NTA, submitted that the answers of the students would be matched with the correct question booklets. </p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sc-allows-oci-candidates-to-appear-in-neet-counselling-for-ug-pg-1048664.html">SC allows OCI candidates to appear in NEET counselling for UG, PG</a></strong></p>.<p>He said that if the direction to conduct NEET-UG re-exam was allowed, it would become a pattern and every year, students would come forward to demand it for one mistake or the other. </p>.<p>A counsel, appearing for students, contended that they lost precious time during the exam due to the mix-up and could not answer all questions.</p>.<p>However, the bench said, "Though we sympathise with the cause of the two students. we find it difficult to order the re-examination of the two students. Thus, we set aside the direction of the High Court to conduct the fresh exam."</p>.<p>On October 28, the top court had stayed the Bombay High Court order on NEET re-exam for two candidates, allowing the declaration of results of over 16 lakh students who took the exam. </p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
