JUDGMENT :

JYOTSNA REWAL DUA, J.

1. Decision of respondent-University to admit students in various entrance tests based campus courses only on their merit in the qualifying examinations, without holding the entrance tests, has been assailed in this writ petition filed by a student.

2. Facts:-

2(i). COVID-19 pandemic had started spreading its tentacles in India, when the respondent-University on 01.05.2020 invited online applications for admission to following courses based on entrance tests for academic year 2020-21:-

“Admission Notice 2020-2021

(For Entrance Test Based Courses)

Online Applications are invited from eligible candidates for

admission to the following courses against Subsidized/non-Subsidized

seats for the Academic year 2020-21

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