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U. DURGA PRASAD RAO
Devu Poojitha – Appellant
Versus
State of Andhra Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER
1. The petitioner seeks writ of mandamus declaring the action of the 3rd respondent in not allowing the petitioner to download the call letter for general counseling for the 6 years integrated B.Tech programme on the ground of her over age as per the norms of the University as illegal, arbitrary and against the principles of natural justice and for a consequential direction to the 3rd respondent to allow the petitioner for counseling.
2. The petitioner applied for common entrance test for six years integrated B.Tech programme offered by Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) as per notification dated 18.08.2021. She filed application on payment of requisite fee and she was given application No.266999. Her date of birth is 23.09.2003. Her application was successfully uploaded and online entrance test hall ticket No.2111038235 was generated after scrutiny of her personal data under EWS quota. The petitioner appeared for entrance examination dated 29.09.2021 at Rajampet, Government School, YSR Kadapa District and secured general merit rank of 2492 and category merit order 433 under EWS quota. The petitioner was confident to get a seat in B.Tech as per the rank.
An ineligible candidate cannot claim a seat in an educational institution, even if the institution failed to properly verify the candidate's eligibility.
Minimum age requirement of 17 years for medical course eligibility is mandatory and rooted in statutory regulations, reflecting expert policy rather than judicial discretion.
The court upheld the minimum age requirement for medical entrance examinations, emphasizing it is a policy decision requiring expertise and is not arbitrary.
A university cannot deny a student the right to continue studies or withhold examination results based on procedural failures, especially after allowing the student to attend classes and take exams.
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