JUDGMENT

Jyoti Singh, J. - Present writ petition has been preferred by the Petitioner seeking the following reliefs:

"a. For a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order, directing the Respondents to allow the Petitioner to undergo Medical Termination of the Pregnancy.

b. For an order directing the Respondent No. 3 for setting up an expert panel of doctors to assess the pregnancy and offer MTP to the petitioner in need of the procedure beyond the prescribed 20 weeks limit.

c. For any other order/ direction that this Hon"ble Court may deem fit."

2. As per the case set out in the petition, Petitioner is 33 years old and has been undergoing regular check-ups from the 5th week of her pregnancy.

From the ultrasonography report dated 31.10.2021, conducted during the 20th week of gestation, it was revealed that there was choroid plexus cyst in the left lateral ventricle of the foetus. However, since the foetus was only 20 weeks old, foetal echocardiography was not performed. On completion of 24 weeks, foetal Echo-Doppler test was done on 02.12.2021 and various anomalies were found in the heart of the foetus, viz., Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome (APV), presence of