National Testing Agency (NTA) made an enormous mistake after a candidate who topped the NEET 2020 exam was declared as failed.
Mridul Rawat was declared failed in the first mark-sheet but he actually turned out to be the All India Topper in the ST category.
Mridul challenged the NTA result and after rechecking of the OMR sheet and Answer Key, it was found that he is an All India Topper.
Mridul is a resident of Gangapur town of Sawai Madhopur district in Rajasthan.
Initially, it was declared that the 17-year-old student scored 329 marks out of 720, however, after the rechecking, it turned out that Rawat scored 650 out of 720 marks in NEET 2020 result declared by NTA on October 16.
According to Mridul, his All India rank in General Category is 3577.
Even after the rechecking, another mistake was spotted in the second mark sheet by Mridul issued by the NTA. In the revised mark sheet, the sum of his marks shows 650 but in words, it was written as three hundred and twenty-one.
NTA declared the result for the NEET 2020 last week. The result included both September 13 and October 14 attempts. The counseling will be held by the National Medical Commission (NMC) which has replaced the Medical Council of India (MCI). Those who have secured 50 percentile or above are considered successful, however, seats in medical and dental colleges are offered based on merit-based counseling.