JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred claiming the following reliefs:

“1. That by an appropriate writ, order or direction the instant writ petition may kindly be ordered to be allowed.

2. That by an appropriate writ, order or direction the respondent-University may be directed to open the online examination portal for the petitioner so that he may fill up examination form.

3. That by an appropriate writ, order or direction or alternatively, the respondent University may kindly be directed to accept the petitioner’s off-line application form.

4. That any other appropriate writ, order or direction, which this Hon’ble Court may deem it just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, may kindly be issued.

5. Costs of this writ petition may kindly be awarded in favour of petitioner.”

2. As per the pleaded facts, the petitioner was enrolled with the respondent-College for pursuing the Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery Course (B.A.M.S.) in the year 2012. The Indian Medicine Central Council (Minimum Standards of Education in Indian Medicine) Regulations, 1986, which govern the Course in question, were amended vide