JUDGMENT

Prateek Jalan, J. By way of these petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution, the petitioners seek directions upon the respondents to permit them to continue in the B.Sc. (Physical Education, Health Education and Sports) course ["the B.Sc. course"] at the respondent No. 1-Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education and Sports Sciences ["the Institute"]. As the writ petitions involve the same issue, they have been heard together and are disposed of by this common judgment. Facts

2. The Institute is affiliated to the respondent No. 2-University of Delhi ["the University"]. The petitioners applied for admission to the B.Sc. course in the Economically Weaker Section ["EWS"] category for the academic year 2020-2021. They participated in the University's entrance test conducted by the National Testing Agency. The results of the entrance test were published on 10.09.2020.

3. The Institute published its first admission list on 07.11.2020, wherein the petitioners were shown as having been selected for admission. In the list pertaining to the EWS category, Vivek Vats1 ["VV"] is shown at Serial No. 6 with rank 95, and Yatendra Singh2 ["YS"] is shown at Serial No. 10 with r