IMPORTANT POINT
The court affirmed that admissions obtained through fraud are invalid, emphasizing that principles of natural justice do not apply in such cases.

JUDGMENT :

1. Considering the interwoven controversy, identical factual narrative and with the consent of the concerned counsel, the instant petitions were clubbed together and are hence adjudicated by this common judgment. S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 10906/2018 titled as Naveen Yadav Vs. Rajasthan University of Health Science and Ors. is taken as the lead petition. It is made clear that the instant judgment shall be made applicable of mutatis mutandis basis on instant batch of petitions.

2. The lead petition is filed with the following prayers:

“i) The impugned order dated 17.11.2017 (Annex.13) may kindly be quashed and set aside and the petitioner may kindly be declared entitled prosecute the studies for the future course of studies of MBBS course and in case the petitioner completes this MBBS Course successfully he may be awarded degree thereof.

ii) Any consequential order passed against the petitioner be quashed and set aside.”

3. Considering the checkered history, prolonged time-line and for the sake of convenience, the petitions filed by the petitioners or the similarly situated persons insofar for the said subject matter/dispute are tabulated herein below:

FACTUAL BACKGROUND/TIME-LINE OF LITIGATION

4. The instant petitions are filed assailing the impugned order dated 17.11.2017 whereby the respondent-RUHS had cancelled the admission(s) granted to the petitioner(s), in the MBBS course on account of the offence of cheating by impersonation in the Rajasthan Pre-Medical Test, 2009.

5. The petitioner(s) appeared in the Rajasthan Pre-Medical Test, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as RPMT) and were declared successful. Resultantly, the petitioner(s) were allotted with the Medical Colleges as per the rank scored by them. Subsequently, in the year 2011, whilst the petitioner(s) were pursuing the said course, a news was published wherein, it was stated that a judgment was passed by the Court on the basis of a police report whereby, 16 students who have committed the offence of cheating by impersonation in the RPMT, 2009, were named.

6. Therefore, vide judgment dated 31.03.2011 passed in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 9952/2009 titled as Jhabar Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan and Ors. the admission of the said 16 students was cancelled. Subsequently, vide order dated 20.04.2011 show cause notices were issued to the petitioners qua which the petitioners therein furnished a reply on 30.04.2011. Consequentially, vide order dated 12.05.2011 passed by the respondent-RUHS whilst following the principles of natural justice, a direction to cancel the admission so granted to the petitioners therein was pa