Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Feb 27 (UNI) The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations in Maharashtra, which were earlier scheduled to commence from March 8, and four papers of the HSC examinations, currently underway, have been rescheduled following the Zilla Parishad and the Panchayat Samiti elections.

The SSC examinations will now commence from March 13 while four papers of the HSC, which were clashing with the election dates, will now be conducted from March 14.

The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education today submitted the new time-table for the examinations before the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court, comprising justices Naresh Patil and Ravindra Borde.

The revised time-table was submitted following a petition by Balasaheb Doke and Kachru Kachhve, guardians of students from Dhamangaon of Vaijapur in Aurangabad district, who had challenged the holding of the Zilla Parishad and the Panchayat Samiti elections during examinations.

The High Court had earlier on February 22, asked the Board, the State Election Commission and the state government to hold a joint meeting to sort out the issue.

The meeting was held in Mumbai on February 23, and the Board today submitted a revised time-table before the Aurangabad H C division bench.

UNI