PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV
Bijita Nayak D/o. Bailochan Nayak – Appellant
Versus
University Of Delhi North Campus, Delhi – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
[Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J.]
1. The present petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India seeking directions to the respondent-University for filling up the vacant seats under the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in Post Graduate Course, i.e. Master of Journalism in the respondent- University for the Academic Session 2022-24.
2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that there are two seats remaining vacant under EWS category and no useful purpose would be served if the seats continue to remain vacant. According to him, if the endeavour is made by the respondent-University to fill up the two seats, the same would be in the interest of the student as well as in the University. He explains that the petitioner is not asking for the relief to straightaway grant her admission but her case is to make an endeavour to fill up the seats strictly, in accordance with merit. If the petitioner’s name finds place in the merit list, she would be entitled for the admission, otherwise the meritorious candidates can be given admission against the seats in question. He further submits that once the petitioner came to know that the se
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