Rule. Heard forthwith.

2. The petitioner is a student who has not passed the 10th standard from the institution in the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner, however, has passed 12th standard from an institution in the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner wanted to appear for the MHT-CET-2006. Clause 4.9 of the application for appearance provides as under:-

“Exception for SSC (10th Std. Or equivalent examination):- Candidate who has passed SSC or equivalent examination from an institute outside Maharashtra and HSC or equivalent examination from within Maharashtra is eligible for seeking admission to the courses in Health Sciences provided that he is domicile of Maharashtra.”

3. The petitioner, accordingly, had applied for the domicile certificate in terms of the resolution of the respondents-State by application dated February 10, 2006 through her legal guardiance. That came to be rejected and consequently, the present petition challenging the said order. The reason given is that the petitioner has not completed 10 years residence in the State of Maharashtra in terms of the Government resolution and the instructions. Clause 4 of part 3 reads as under:-

“When the domicile claimed