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NTA had released the results just 3-4 hours after releasing the final answer key on July 16.
After the re-NEET results, there is widespread dissatisfaction among students. A major controversy has emerged over differences between the marks calculated from students’ OMR sheets and the scores shown on their official mark sheets.
Students from across the country claim that after matching their OMR sheets with the final answer key, their expected scores were significantly higher than the marks awarded in the results.
According to students, their scores have dropped by anywhere between 15 and 600 marks. As a result, many who believed they had secured qualifying marks based on their OMR sheets have now failed to qualify.
The controversy is being attributed to the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to announce the results just three to four hours after releasing the final answer key, raising questions about whether enough time was available to process the results accurately.
The NTA declared the revised NEET results late on the night of 16 July. Around 20 lakh candidates appeared for the examination this year, of whom 11.21 lakhs have qualified for admission to medical, dental, AYUSH and other medical courses. For the first time since 2021, no candidate secured a perfect score of 720 out of 720.
Students preparing to go to High Court for justice
Parents and students consider this a major negligence. Parents like Dr. Rajesh Kumar Singh have written to NTA to register their complaint and are now preparing to go to the High Court for justice.
Meanwhile, NTA wrote on social media platform X – We are investigating all complaints. Students and parents are advised to submit only original OMRs for investigation. In case of fake/AI-generated OMRs, legal action may be taken against the complainant.’
Two different results for the same student in Haryana
Another shocking case regarding the NEET result has emerged from Haryana. Mukul Kajal, a candidate from Haryana, has sent a complaint to the Director General of NTA, alleging that a major change was made to his scorecard without any prior notice. He has requested that it be corrected.
According to the complaint, the scorecard downloaded from the official website on July 17, 2026, showed Mukul’s marks as 605/720 (All India Rank 9551). However, just a few hours later, when the scorecard was downloaded again on the morning of July 18, his marks had dropped to just 60/720.
Due to this, Mukul’s All India Rank decreased to 18,76,324. The student claims that he has the original scorecard from July 17 safe. Also, matching the OMR response sheet and NTA’s final answer key also results in his score being 605 marks.
