Power Outage Disrupted NEET Exam 2025? MP High Court Orders Re-Test for Affected Students!

Introduction 

It’s a major relief for NEET candidates who are affected by technical problems at the time of the exam because the MP High Court has passed an order for a re-test for students who faced a power outage while giving the NEET-UG 2024 exam. This decision was made after many complaints by the students about the exam, which was being disrupted due to an electricity failure in some centres, especially in Madhya Pradesh.

On May 4, 2025, the NEET-UG exam was conducted for the students across India for medical and dental college admissions. But in a few centres of Madhya Pradesh, students complained that the exam was stopped midway because of a power cut. This all results in confusion and panic among candidates.

 Parents and students registered complaints that the electricity failure has affected their children’s performance and the fairness of the exam. For this, they approached the High Court of Madhya Pradesh for justice, and asked for compensation or a re-exam.

Decision of the court regarding this matter 

• Regarding this matter, the court has reviewed the complaints and made a decision after listening to both the students and the National Testing Agency.
•  It is stated that students who were affected due to the power failure must be given a chance to appear in the NEET exam again.
•  The court made the decision and directed the NTA to look for all such students who are affected and organize a re-exam.

Response of NTA regarding this matter 

The NTA, which arranges NEET, had said that now the backup systems are in which generators arranged at most centres. But the court observed that despite such arrangements, the issues did occur in some places and students lost valuable time.

NTA has now submitted a fresh schedule for the re-exam and will make sure that no student is left behind.

• Many students appear for NEET every year, and each and every technical issue makes a big difference.
•  The High Court ensured that there would not be such problems in future competitive exams.
• Students who were affected by the outage are requested to wait for further announcements from the NTA regarding any changes and the new exam date.

Conclusion 

In conclusion, it can be said that the MP High Court has decided to schedule a retest for NEET students who are affected by the power outage by bringing hope and fairness. This move will make sure that every student gets an equal chance because of technical issues that arise beyond their control.

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