A Class 12 student from Saudi Arabia has approached the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to declare his improvement examination results, alleging that the delay is affecting his college admissions.

The petition has been filed by Pransu Jigarkumar Patel, a private candidate who appeared for the CBSE Class XII Improvement Examination 2026 from Al Jubail in Saudi Arabia.

According to the plea, Patel had registered for improvement exams in five subjects — Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, English and Computer Science. While he was able to appear for the Physics and Chemistry papers, the remaining three examinations were cancelled due to security concerns arising from tensions and conflict in the West Asian region.

Following the cancellations, CBSE issued a notification on March 27 introducing a special assessment scheme for students in West Asian countries whose examinations could not be conducted. Under the scheme, marks for cancelled subjects were to be calculated on the basis of students' quarterly, half-yearly and pre-board examination performance. The scheme also provided for special examinations wherever required.

While CBSE declared Class 12 results on May 13, Patel's result was not released. Instead, his status was shown as "R.L. (Result Later)," the petition states.

Patel has argued that the failure to declare his result is arbitrary, unfair and discriminatory, and violates his fundamental rights under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution.

The plea points out that he had applied for admission to the B.Tech Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence programme at Dhirubhai Ambani University on May 2 and paid the required registration fee. The university had asked him to upload his Class 12 result by June 1.

However, because his result has not been declared, he has been unable to complete the admission process or apply to other colleges, the petition says.

The student and his father allegedly sent representations to CBSE on May 17, May 21 and May 30 seeking a solution, but did not receive any response.

Patel has now asked the Supreme Court to direct the Union Ministry of Education, CBSE and the CBSE Regional Office in Dubai to declare his result by applying the March 27 assessment scheme.

Alternatively, he has sought directions for conducting special examinations or re-tests for Mathematics, English and Computer Science, which were cancelled due to the security situation in the Gulf region.

The petitioner has argued that he is similarly placed as other students whose examinations were cancelled and cannot be denied the benefit of the assessment scheme merely because he appeared as a private candidate.

He has also requested the Court to direct CBSE to obtain his quarterly, half-yearly and pre-board examination records from the International Indian School, Al Jubail, and use them for evaluation of the cancelled subjects.

The petition further states that Patel had earlier approached the Delhi High Court. However, the matter was allegedly not listed before the Vacation Bench after the Joint Registrar concluded that it did not fall within the category of urgent cases.

The petition has been filed through Advocate Raj Kishor Choudhary and was drafted by Advocate Vineet Jindal.