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MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, VIKAS BUDHWAR
Ajay Kumar Pandey – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
VIKAS BUDHWAR, J.
1. This intra-court appeal is against the judgment and order of the learned Single Judge dated 28.08.2024 passed in Writ-C No. 33767 of 2022, whereby the writ petition preferred by the appellant-writ petitioner challenging the orders dated 01.11.2021 and 04.01.2021 of the Registrar, Deen Dalay Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, second respondent and Executive Examination Controller, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, third respondent was dismissed.
2. The case of the appellant before the writ court was that there happens to be an institution by the name of Prabha Devi Bhagwati Prasad Vidhi Mahavidhayalay, Anantpur, Harpur-Budhahat, Gorakhpur, fourth respondent (in short ‘Law College’) affiliated to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (in short ‘University’).
3. A notification came to be published by the University on 15.10.2019 for the grant of admission in LLB three years course for the academic session 2019-20. As per the notification, the last date for submission of the application form was 23.10.2019. According to the appellant-writ petitioner in order to secure admission, the relevant documents were to be submit
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The court affirmed the principle that students should not be penalized for institutional errors in admissions when they are qualified, allowing them to continue their studies.
Eligibility criteria for academic admissions cannot be altered after the admission process has commenced, ensuring fairness in selection.
Educational institutions cannot withhold results based on procedural errors after allowing students to take examinations, emphasizing the need for adherence to statutory obligations.
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