Congress alleges paper leak, broken seals in Haryana TET exam, seeks re-test

Chandigarh,UPDATED: Jul 5, 2026 17:15 IST

Senior Congress leader and MP Randeep Singh Surjewala has alleged "large-scale irregularities" in the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test and demanded that the examination be cancelled and held again.

He said the HTET Level-3 examination for the post of Post Graduate Teacher, conducted on July 4 at 238 centres across Haryana, was compromised by an alleged paper leak, broken seals on question paper packets, mismatched OMR sheets, wrong question papers, and printing and typographical errors.

Surjewala alleged that the entire examination had been compromised. He said sealed packets containing question papers were found broken at examination centres in Rewari, including Sanglo and Suraj schools, and at some centres in Charkhi Dadri. "Invigilators told candidates that the packets had been received from the Haryana Board of School Education in the same condition," he said.

He further claimed that the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and nodal officer in Charkhi Dadri had acknowledged the issue of broken seals and allegedly said that responsibility lay with the education board. Surjewala also alleged a mismatch between the serial numbers on question papers and OMR sheets at centres in Rewari and Kaithal.

He said some candidates were initially issued OMR sheets carrying another candidate's roll number, which were later replaced after objections. He also alleged that spare OMR sheets were available in large numbers, raising doubts over the integrity of the examination process.

Surjewala claimed that some candidates appearing for the English PGT examination in Rewari were first given Economics question papers before they were replaced. He also alleged several errors in the question papers, including a missing passage for questions numbered "141 to 150", a Hindi grammar question without the required sentence, spelling mistakes in English words, and the incorrect translation of the word "Urine" as "Wine" in Hindi. He further claimed that the numbering of questions in the Commerce paper was incorrect.

Demanding that the PGT examination be cancelled and conducted afresh, Surjewala said the future of thousands of candidates who had prepared for the examination was at stake. He also sought registration of an FIR into the alleged broken seals on question paper packets and action against officials of the Haryana Board of School Education and those allegedly involved in the paper leak. He further demanded that Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini apologise to the state's youth and accept responsibility for the alleged irregularities. No immediate comment was available from the authorities.

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