Rohtak, May 1 -- The employees of the Board of School Education, Haryana, in Bhiwani staged a protest on Thursday alleging that they have been directed to "destroy records pertaining to the 2024 Haryana teachers" eligibility test (HTET) result, when the matter is subjudice in the Punjab and Haryana high court. The board chairman, Pawan Kumar, denied the charges, saying that the exam records are safe and only unnecessary papers are being disposed of. The Haryana board had declared the 2024 HTET result on November 10 last year, with an overall pass percentage of 14%. The results have been clouded by allegations of discrepancies, with the high court on April 29 directing the board secretary to preserve all records related to the test while adjourning the matter to July 10. Haryana board employees' association general secretary, Sombir Punia, who led the protest, said that the board hasn't uploaded the optical mark recognition (OMR) sheet of the successful candidates, which, according to rules, has to be done within three months after the declaration of the results. The controversy surrounds the revised result declared after 110 days of the exam. "In the revised list 1,284 candidates were declared successful without publishing their scores on their board website, and their biometric verification remained incomplete," the employees said. A senior board official said the special examination cell, which handles the HTET exam, is yet to receive details on how many candidates have completed biometric verification and how many are pending....