Lucknow, May 31 -- 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 UP government-on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the new on-screen marking (OSM) system introduced by the CBSE 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 system led to a "systemic institutional failure" in the evaluation of millions of students across the country. The petition requested the formation of an independent expert committee to examine implementation of the OSM and identify alleged flaws in the evaluation. The petition also demands that the answer sheets of all affected students be re-evaluated free of charge by adequately trained evaluators. The court has fixed the next hearing of the case in August. MANOJ KUMAR SINGH...