JUDGMENT

Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, J.

1. The present petition has been filed against the actions of the University Grants Commission (hereinafter `UGC.) i.e., respondent no.1 and Central Board of Secondary Education (hereinafter `CBSE.) i.e., respondent no.2, in rejecting the representations of the petitioner to modify the result of the UGC-NET and JRF Examination' November 2017.

2. The facts necessary for disposal of the instant writ petition would indicate that the process for online application for UGC-NET Examination November 2017 had commenced on 11.08.2017. The petitioner had appeared for the examination on 5.11.2017, for the post of Assistant Professor and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF). Thereafter, on 02.01.2018, the result was declared which reflected that the petitioner had secured 56.57 percent in total and had qualified for the post of Assistant Professor. However, she had failed to qualify for the post of Junior Research Fellowship and Assistant Professor since the declared cutoff for the same was set at 57.14 percent. She was short of less than one percent from the requisite cutoff.

3. The petitioner, thereafter, on 08.01.2018, made an application to respondent no.1 fo