Ashok Bhushan, J.

This appeal has been filed by two appellants who were respondents 1 and 2 to W.P(C) No.21935 of 2013 filed by the 1st respondent to this appeal, who shall be hereinafter referred to as the Writ Petitioner. Second respondent to the appeal, All India Council for Technical Education who was the 3rd respondent to the Writ Petition on an application filed in this Writ Appeal has been transposed as the 3rd appellant. The Writ Petition filed by the petitioner was allowed by judgment dated 13.02.2015 by the learned Single Judge against which this Writ Appeal has been filed.

2. The University Grant Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the UGC"), is the 1st appellant, the Deputy Secretary, National Educational Testing (NET) Bureau, University Grants Commission is the 2nd appellant whereas the All India Council for Technical Education (hereinafter referred to as "the AICTE") is the 3rd appellant. The 3rd respondent to this appeal is the Association of Indian Universities (hereinafter referred to as "the AIU").

3. Brief facts giving rise to this Writ Appeal are: The 2nd respondent issued an advertisement for NET examination 2012 inviting application from eligible ca