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( 2 ) WITH the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for final disposal.

( 3 ) THE present petition raises a legal issue about powers of National Commission for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes to exercise jurisdiction of review in respect of an earlier order passed by the said Commission.

( 4 ) THE factual matrix is limited. Respondent No. 2 applied for admission to Ph. D (Programme) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the petitioner Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and was offered admission. On such admission the following communications were issued to respondent No. 2 which was accepted by the said respondent.

"through another letter you have been offered admission to the Ph. D. Programme from the 2nd semester 2001-2002 commencing from 1. 01. 2002. I am glad to inform you that you have also been selected for the award of half-time teaching/research assistantship as per rules, for which you will be required to render 8 hours of the work per week outside your normal academic work. In addition, you will also be eligible for contingency grant every year as per rules of the Institute. The above Assistantship ha