JUDGMENT :

Vikas Mahajan, J.

CM APPL. 53435/2022 (exemption)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. The application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) 16871/2022 & CM APPL. 53436/2022(for stay)

3. Issue notice.

4. Ms. Ayushi Bansal, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 1 (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) and 4 (Directorate of Higher Education) and Ms. Anita Sahani, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.2 (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University) respectively, accept notice.

5. Counter affidavits be filed within four weeks from today.

6. Rejoinder thereto, if any, be filed within two weeks thereafter.

7. Notice be issued to respondent no.3 (All India Council for Technical Education) through all modes.

8. The petitioner is an institute affiliated to the respondent no.2/Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and is aggrieved by the notification F.No.IPU-7/Online Counselling/2022/3118 dated 06.12.2022 whereby process of commencement for Centralized Online Registration for Special Round of Offline Counseling for Admission to various programmes for the academic session 2022-23 to be conducted in the University Campus, was notified.

9. The learned counsel for the petitioner invites the att