JUDGMENT

Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J.

1. The petitioners, vide the instant writ petition are seeking for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to respondent nos.1, 2 and 3 directing them to issue a notice relaxing Criterion 3 and 4 of the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) [in short 'JEE (Advanced)'], 2023 Information Brochure to the extent that the candidates who appeared in Class 12th (or equivalent) examination in the year 2021 for the first time are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced), 2023; provided the candidate should have appeared only once for JEE (Advanced) either in the year 2021 or 2022 or have not at all appeared in any of the papers in both JEE (Advanced) 2021 and JEE (Advanced) 2022. The petitioners also seek for issuance of a writ of mandamus to respondent nos.1, 2 and 3 directing them to relax Clause 26 of the JEE (Advanced), 2023 Information Brochure, which mandates 75% aggregate marks in Class 12th Board examination to get an admission in the Indian Institutes of Technology (in short `IIT').

2. The facts as have been disclosed in the instant writ petition would indicate that in April 2020, the petitioners started their Class 12th Academic Year. During the sam