JUDGMENT

Prateek Jalan, J. - The proceedings in the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.

CM APPLs. 42644-45/2021 (for exemptions)

Exemptions allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

These applications stand disposed of.

W.P.(C) 13525/2021 & CM APPL. 42643/2021 (for interim directions)

1. The petitioner assails the decision of the respondent No. 1- Univeristy of Delhi ["the University"] to the effect that she is ineligible for allotment of a seat in the M.A. Geography course.

2. The petitioner is a graduate of Himachal Pradesh University. She completed her undergraduate studies in the Choice Based Credit System ["CBCS"] and obtained a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree with a major in Chemistry and minors in Mathematics and Geography. The University released a Bulletin of Information ["the Bulletin"] for admissions to postgraduate courses in July, 2021, pursuant to which the petitioner applied for admission to the M.A. Geography course in the Scheduled Tribe ["ST"] category. She participated in the entrance examination on 30.09.2021, and the result of the examination was declared on 10.11.2021. The first merit list was issued on 16.11.2021, wherein she secured second place in the ST ca