The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and its Regional Officer on a petition filed by an Indian student from Saudi Arabia seeking directions to the Board to declare his Class XII improvement examination result.The CBSE’s counsel told a Bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Vijay Bishnoi that the assessment of the student was supposed to be done by the school, but since he’s a private student, the assessment was not available. The Bench said the student’s past records may be considered and asked the CBSE’s counsel to get instructions by this Friday. The CBSE counsel said the Board was working on it and sought time till Monday, saying, “The CBSE is already overworked.” However, the Bench said, “This is about the career of a child; he will miss all his admissions… Whatever it is, burn the midnight oil.”Directing the CBSE counsel to seek instruction in the matter, the Bench posted the matter for further hearing on Friday.Petitioner Pransu Jigarkumar Patel has moved the Supreme Court against the CBSE’s failure to declare his result despite an assessment scheme framed for students whose examinations in several Gulf countries were cancelled because of the prevailing security situation in the region.Patel submitted that the delay had affected his higher education plans and his admission to the BTech (Computer Science and AI) programme at Dhirubhai Ambani University, Gandhinagar, where he was required to update his Class XII result status by June 1, 2026. In the absence of declaration of result by the CBSE, the admission process remained incomplete and he was unable to complete apply to other institutions.He said his representations sent to the CBSE on May 17, 21 and 30 seeking a resolution of the issue went un-responded.Contending that private candidates affected by the cancellation of examinations in West Asian countries due to war-related tensions were entitled to the benefit of the CBSE’s special assessment scheme, he urged the top court to direct the CBSE to declare his Class XII improvement examination result.Patel, who appeared as a private candidate in the 2026 Class XII improvement examination from Al Jubail in Saudi Arabia, had registered for improvement in physics, chemistry, mathematics, English and computer science after appearing in the Class XII examination in 2025.As the CBSE cancelled several Class XII examinations in Iran, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE owing to war-related tensions, Patel was able to take only physics and chemistry examinations, while mathematics, English and computer science examinations were cancelled.The CBSE issued a notification on March 27, 2026, laying down an “Assessment Scheme for Declaration of Results of Class XII in West Asian Countries”, which covered students whose examinations remained pending due to cancellations.Such students with pending examinations were to be assessed on the basis of their performance in quarterly examinations, half-yearly examinations and final pre-board examinations, with the best of the three scores being considered for the final result based on school records.However, when the CBSE declared Class XII results on May 13, 2026, Patel’s result was not declared and his status was shown as “R.L. (Result Later)”, the petitioner submitted. The petitioner, who studied at the International Indian School, Al Jubail, sought a direction to the CBSE to declare his result on the basis of the March 27 assessment scheme by obtaining his quarterly, half-yearly and pre-board examination records from his school. Alternatively, he has sought a direction for conduct of special examinations in mathematics, English and computer science.