The CET, conducted on
June 8, was for the academic year 2024-2025 with respect to three courses and the petitioner sought the test to be declared null and void for not
having provided proper information on the test, and for not framing proper
guidelines and norms for the examination.
Justice Anita
Sumanth also ordered notice to the Directorate General of Shipping
and Indian Maritime University on the petition filed by S Sidharth, represented
by his father.
The CET was not conducted by Directorate General of Shipping but a
private agency without transparency resulting in frustration to eligible
candidates, he said, adding that there
is no mechanism to verify the correctness of the mark awarded.
The petitioner said that when the educational qualification for
admission to the institution is 60% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics and 50% in English, a cut-off was set for admission. It is nothing
but preventing the eligible candidates from joining, he claimed.
He sought the court to declare null and void the CET held for admission
to B.Tech (Marine Engineering), B.Sc (Nautical Science and Diploma in Nautical
Science) for 2024-25.