Lucknow, May 30 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Friday sought a response in four weeks from the respondents-the Central government, the CBSE, the Controller of Examinations, and the Uttar Pradesh government-on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the new on-screen marking (OSM) system introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education for the 2025-26 Class 12 examinations.

The petitioner will be able to file a reply within two weeks thereafter.

A division bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava passed the order on a public interest litigation filed in person by Mohit Ashok, a Lucknow-based advocate.

The petitioner alleged that the hasty implementation of the digital evaluation sy...