It is for the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to decide when to hold an exam, the Delhi high court observed on Monday, refusing to be drawn into a fresh plea challenging the date of Class XII economics retest. The paper will be held again on April 25, following a leak. A bench of acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar declined to issue directions to CBSE to reschedule the retest, as sought by an NGO, on the ground that there are several important entrance examinations between April 22-25, including that for the National Defence Academy. The NGO pleaded that due to CBSE’s fault the students are at the receiving end, as they would not be able to prepare and study for the entrances while those from other education boards would face no clash of dates. “Problem is that whether to hold or not hold an examination is for the CBSE to decide. It is not proper for a court to interfere, it is outside our purview,” the bench remarked, dismissing the plea. “You are saying NDA exam is clashing with this date. If they again change the date, somebody else will come. On what basis a court can say hold the exam on this day and not on that day? It will be anarchy,” the bench added. Meanwhile, the court asked CBSE to place before it the records relating to the board’s decision not to conduct re-examination of Class X mathematics examination, which also was allegedly leaked.