The performance of the candidates from the centres under the scanner — such as Oasis School, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, Hardayal Public School, Jhajjar, Haryana, Jay Jalaram International School in Godhra, Gujarat — was comparatively much below par.On July 18, the bench directed the NTA to declare by noon of July 20 the centre and city-wise results of the controversy-ridden exam while masking the identities of the aspirants.The bench had said it wanted to ascertain whether candidates appearing at allegedly tainted centres scored more marks than those elsewhere.The bench is hearing more than 40 pleas, including those filed by NTA, seeking the transfer of cases pending against it in various high courts regarding the alleged irregularities in the exam to the Supreme Court to avoid a multiplicity of litigations.More than 23.33 lakh students had taken the test on May 5 at 4,750 centres in 571 cities, including 14 overseas.In their affidavits filed earlier in the apex court, the Centre and the NTA had said that scrapping the exam would be “counterproductive” and “seriously jeopardise” lakhs of honest candidates in the absence of any proof of large-scale breach of confidentiality.The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) is conducted by the NTA for admissions to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other related courses in government and private institutions across the country.
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