Nipun Tawari vs State of Maharashtra

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1101

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, HIMA KOHLI
Nipun Tawari – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Anand Grover, Sr. Adv. Mr. Madhav Bhatia, Adv. Mr. Ashish Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Aditya Pandey, Adv. Mr. Yogesh Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rohit Amit Sthalekar, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Sanjay R Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Govind Jee, AOR Mr. Omanakuttan KK, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

DHANANJAYA Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal arises from a judgment dated 14 October 2022 of a Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay.

3. The issue pertains to the reservation of 20% seats for in-service candidates in post graduate medical degree courses by the State of Maharashtra.

4. On 15 January 2022, the National Board of Examinations released its information bulletin for the NEET PG-2022 examination. The last date for registration for the entrance test was 25 March 2022. The examination was held on 21 May 2022. Results were declared on 1 June 2022.

5. On 21 September 2022, the Government of Maharashtra issued a notice setting out the schedule for conducting admissions for post graduate medical courses. The schedule is extracted below:

S. No.	Activity	Dates	Days
1.	Publication of Information Brochure for NEET PG-2022	21.09.2022
2.	Online Registration NEET PG (MD/MS/Diploma)	21.09.2022 after 05.00 p.m. to 26.09.2022 upto 05.00 p.m.	6 days
3.	Payment of Registration Fees (Non Refunda

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1101

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, HIMA KOHLINipun Tawari – AppellantVersusState of Maharashtra – Respondent

D. Y. CHANDRACHUD, HIMA KOHLI
Nipun Tawari – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent