$~176 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 8914/2026 & CM APPL. 41796/2026 KARTIK .....Petitioner Through: Mr C Mohan Rao Senior Advocate with Lokesh Kumar Sharma Advocate versus NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Khanna, Ms. Pragya Bhushan, Mr. Naman Dwivedi, Mr. Saurabh Pandey, Ms. Jaya Choudhary, Ms. Meemansa Dixit, Advs. for NTA/R1 Mr. Ripu Daman Bhardwaj (CGSC), Mr. Kushagra Kumar (Adv), Mr. Amit Kumar Rana (Adv) for UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 29.07.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 read with Article 227 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayers:- “a. Issue a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the Respondent No. 1 to preserve and produce before this Hon'ble Court the CCTV footage / videography of the Petitioner’s examination hall, being Room No. 16 at the examination centre bearing Centre Code 2315103 i.e. Respondent No. 3, for the NEET (UG) 2026 Re-Examination held on 21.06.2026; b. Issue a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the Respondent No. 1 to This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/08/2026 at 11:34:10 award the Petitioner compensatory marks by applying the normalisation formula laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Disha Panchal v. Union of India and applied by this Hon'ble Court in Satya Nishth v. National Testing Agency [2025 SCC OnLine Del 5241], computed on the basis of the actual loss of examination time suffered by the Petitioner as ascertained from the CCTV footage aforesaid, and to issue and upload a revised scorecard of the Petitioner accordingly, within a period to be fixed by this Hon'ble Court; c. In the alternative, in the event that the actual loss of examination time cannot be reliably ascertained and compensated, issue a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, directing the Respondent No. 1 to afford the Petitioner an opportunity to re-appear in an examination of equivalent standard at the earliest; d. Award the costs of the present Writ Petition in favour of the Petitioner and against the Respondents;….” 2. The case of the petitioner is that during the NEET (UG) 2026 Re-examination held on 21.06.2026, there was power breakdown due to thunderstorm, which resulted in power failure. Hence, as per the petitioner, there was near total darkness adversely affecting the exam being undertaken by the petitioner. 3. Hence, the present petition. 4. The counter-affidavit handed over in the court is taken on record. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/08/2026 at 11:34:10 5. Mr. Khanna, learned counsel for the respondent No.1/NTA, on instructions states that the Grievance Redressal Committee will look into the complaint of the petitioner as well as the writ petition along with all the documents and will pass a reasoned and speaking order within 10 days from today. 6. The copy of the order passed by the Committee shall be communicated to the petitioner’s email ID (which is available with the respondents) and his counsel’s email ID being vlawattorneys@gmail.com. 7. The Court has not commented on the merits and demerits of the matter and has left the same to be considered by the Committee. 8. In case the petitioner is aggrieved, the petitioner shall be at liberty to revive the writ petition. 9. The petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms, along with pending applications, if any. JASMEET SINGH, J JULY 29, 2026 / (MS) This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 01/08/2026 at 11:34:10