18. Request for checking of addition of a marks:

a)  No application for revaluation of answer scripts shall be entertained, but a candidate may apply in the prescribed form to the Secretary for checking up the addition of marks in any paper so as to reach the Secretary within one month from the date of the publication of result at the Board's office.

b)  Every application must be accompanied by a fee as fixed up by the Board from time to time for each answer paper in which checking of the addition of the marks desired. The fee may be paid either at the Board's off ice or by crossed Bank draft payable to the Secretary, Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. The full name and address of the sender, the roll number and the name of the subject in which checking is desired should be mentioned in the application.

c)  Money once paid in this regard is not refundable.

19. Duplicate Certificate

a)  Duplicate copies of certificate shall not be granted except in cases in which the Secretary is satisfied that the applicant has lost his certificate or that it has been destroyed and that the applicant has a real need for a duplicate copy of his/her certificate.

b)  The applicant should send an application through the Head of the Institution where he/she has studied and the application should accompany an affidavit sworn before a Magistrate First Class for the purpose and with requisite fees as notified by the Board from time to time.

c)  A private candidate shall apply for the duplicate certificate through the Head of the Institution who has attested his/her application for the examination.

20. Power of the Examination Committee to take action :

a)  The examination committee shall be competent to frame general rules giving benefit to hard ease and such rules as framed by the Examination committee need be intimated to Govt. from time to time.

b)  The examination committee shall have the power to take action against any person connected with the examination for inefficient and improper discharge of duties.