ORDER:

Heard.

2. This writ petition is filed questioning the proceedings of the respondent No.5 in Roc.No.SVIMS/CE/27/DM&MCHE/2007 dated 13.07.2022 rejecting the application of the petitioner for appearing in the DM University Examinations-2022 scheduled to be held from 18.08.2022.

3. The petitioner was given Admission Order by the respondent No.4 in Roc.No.AS/02/DM MCh Corres/SVIMS/2017 dated 05.09.2019 in DM Neurology course for the academic year 2019-20. The DM Neurology course is a PG Super Speciality course and the duration of the said course is for a period of three years and the petitioner is required to follow the admission and training guidelines as mentioned in the Residents’ Manual and prospectus. Accordingly, she joined the course on 09.09.2019. While so, she availed maternity leave in the first year in three spells i.e., from 16.03.2020 to 15.10.2020 (214 days) and availed medical leave from 28.10.2020 to 22.11.2020 (26 days) in total for 240 days. The said period of 26 days leave was sanctioned on loss of pay. Thus her 2nd term (first year) was extended by 203 days f