JUDGMENT (Oral)

W.P.(C) 3054/2020 & CM APPL.10634/2020 (for interim relief of provisional admission and directions to respondent Nos.2 & 3)

1. This matter has been taken up for hearing by video conferencing, consequent to listing thereof having allowed by the Registrar.

2. The prayer clause, in this writ petition, reads thus:

"It is therefore respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be most graciously be pleased to:

A. To alter/modify the scope of application of 07.04.2020 notification so as to include the MBBS Doctors such as petitioner who started their internship last year and were complete it by 31st March 2020 to gain admission in NEET PG Course in May 2020 and to declare that the Petitioner is eligible to take admission in a PG Course through NEET having qualified the NEET PG Exams 2020 with top grades.

B. Alternatively, to extend the time period of completion of 1-year internship by 1 month to 30 April 2024 the Petitioner so that the Petitioner is able to gain admission this year, having cleared the NEET PG Exams 2020 and direct the Respondent No. 2 and Respondent No. 3 to ensure that in the counselling process, no college or authority should deny admission to the