1. Petitioner has come up with the present Writ Petition seeking a direction to respondents 2 to 4 to accept his minor daughter's application for registration of Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions, 2018 (TNEA-2018) on par with Indian Nationals Scheme in the respective web online portal, as the last date to apply for TNEA-2018 is 30.05.2018.

2. According to the Petitioner, he and his wife are Indian Nationals and his minor daughter viz. Abbinaya was born in United States of America on 06.07.2001 and she is in possession of Birth Certificate and Passport issued by United States of America and that she is as an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holder. It is further stated by the Petitioner that he brought his daughter back to India during the year 2004 and they started residing at No.47/2, Ganapathy Nagar, Main Street, Collector Office (PO), Erode. His daughter joined the Indian Public School, Erode affiliated to CBSE during the academic year 2004-05 and pursued her school education and that she appeared for 12th Standard Board Exams conducted by CBSE, New Delhi and is awaiting results. While so, she applied for Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission - 2018 through online on 14.05.