Pune, March 15 -- The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has taken action against a teacher after an inquiry found that Class 6 students were allowed to handle Class 10 answer sheets during evaluation at a school in Satara district. The board has seized the teacher's entire evaluation honorarium and ordered re-evaluation of 125 answer sheets he had checked. The probe, conducted by the Kolhapur Divisional Board of MSBSHSE, followed a complaint alleging irregularities in Marathi subject papers. Divisional chairman Rajesh Kshirsagar said examiner Vaibhav Shende admitted during the inquiry that he had allowed two Class 6 students to handle the answer sheets. The board clarified that "the students were asked only to draw lines on blank pages and did not check or mark answers. However, allowing students to handle confidential board documents is a serious breach of examination rules." Under board disciplinary rules, Shende's entire remuneration for evaluating answer sheets has been confiscated. The school management has also been instructed to initiate disciplinary action. Kshirsagar added that the 125 Marathi answer sheets evaluated by Shende have been taken into custody for rechecking by regulators to ensure no student is affected. The matter will also be reviewed by the competent committee of the divisional board for further action if necessary. The controversy first emerged after a complaint alleged that students were evaluating board exam papers. The Satara Zilla Parishad Secondary Education Officer conducted an initial inquiry, but as the report was incomplete and CCTV footage had not been reviewed, the Kolhapur board formed a two-member inquiry committee. The inquiry confirmed that two Class 6 girls drew lines on answer sheets during evaluation, violating confidentiality norms, although they did not mark or grade the papers....