JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)--This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. The Petitioner joined Respondent No.2 - Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (hereinafter "University") in the five years law course. He belongs to the Scheduled Caste category and wishes to avail of the Central Sector Scholarship Scheme of Top Class Education for SC Students (hereinafter "Scheme").

3. The case of the Petitioner is that he had to upload certain documents to avail of the said scholarship and on 14th November, 2020, an application was filed by him along with his father's Income Tax Return to avail of the said scholarship. Upon verification, the Ministry rejected the application vide email dated 23rd September, 2021, on the ground that the Income Tax Return Certificate was invalid. The reason for the same was that the Petitioner did not file the `Income Certificate' but instead had filed the Income Tax Return with the Acknowledgement Receipt. Upon receiving the said rejection email, the Petitioner immediately on 18th October, 2021, addressed a reply email along with the Income Certificate for processing of the Petitioner's application. The Ministry then replied to it that