In a writ petition filed in the Karnataka High Court, a Bangalore-based IT professional sought the cancellation of the Common Admission Test (CAT) 2009 computer-based test and a subsequent retest in paper-pencil format. The public interest petition filed on January 2, 2010 cites test delays, mismanaged invigilation and various hardware and software malfunctions as fit reasons for the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to cancel the tests that were administered to over 2 lakh candidates at nearly 360 locations between November 28 and December 7, 2009.

The petition names the CAT Convenor, IIM Bangalore Director and Principal Secretary, Union Human Resources Development Ministry as respondents. A decision on admitting or disposing the petition is likely to be taken in a couple of days.

Prof Satish Deodhar, CAT Convenor and one of the respondents in the petition refused to comment on the PIL saying, “I am currently not in Ahmedabad so do not have much knowledge about the PIL. Once when I will be back in campus, I will go through it and discuss it with the (IIM) Director. Only after that will I be able to say something on the matter.”