AMRITSAR: In an embarrassment for Guru Nanak Dev University, Punjab and Haryana high court has cancelled the MPhil (religious studies) entrance examination conducted in August last year by the university for academic session 2018-19 terming it as unfair and flawed.
The court has ordered to re-conduct the examination. It has also asked the university to keep Amarjit Singh, officiating head of department of Guru Nanak Studies and director of Centre for studies in Sri Guru Granth Sahib, away from the re-conducting of the test as the previous test was conducted under his supervision.
The court has issued the order deciding over the civil writ petition (CWP) lodged to the court, aspirant for the MPhil (religious studies) Avneet Kaur who had alleged that few students were given extra time while attempting the paper.
Kaur had also alleged that the question papers were not uniform and few set of papers were different. She sought cancellation of the test citing “irregularities in the entrance test to give seats to favourite students”.