JUDGMENT :

1. The question that emerges for decision on this writ petition is, whether the Industrial Development Bank of India Limited (hereafter “IDBI Limited”, for short) can be regarded as an undertaking of the Government of India? If the answer is in the affirmative, the same would enure to the benefit of the petitioner, for, in such case, she can avail of the exception clause engrafted in paragraph 4.8.1 of the Medical Entrance Information Brochure pertaining to the National Eligibility and Entrance Test UG-2020 (hereafter “NEET 2020”, for short).

2. The petitioner, desirous of becoming a doctor, had participated in the NEET-2020. The Information Brochure for NEET-2020 provides that a candidate aspiring for admission in the MBBS course in the 85% State quota, reserved for Maharashtra candidates, is required to be a domicile of Maharashtra apart from having passed the 10th standard S.S.C. or equivalent examination and the 12th standard H.S.C. or equivalent examination from schools in Maharashtra. Admittedly, the petitioner is a domicile of Maharashtra and passed the 10th standard S.S.C. examination from a school in Maharashtra; however, she cleared the 12th standard H.S.C. exami