JUDGMENT

Kshitij Shailendra, J.

Compliance affidavit filed today is taken on record.

2. Heard Shri Anurag Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioners, Shri Jai Prakash Rai for respondent nos.1, 2 and 5, Shri J.N. Maurya for respondent no.3, Shri Sanjay Maurya for respondent no.4 and perused the record.

3. The issue involved in all the connected writ petitions is same and, therefore, these writ petitions are being heard together and decided by a common judgement.

4. This writ petition has been filed with the following prayers:-

"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari to quash the impugned order dated 25.01.2023 passed by the respondent no.2, a copy whereof is contained in Annexure-1 to the writ petition;

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no. 2 & 3, respectively, to open NCVT MIS (DGT) & RVPPUP (state council for vocational training, I.T.I. Aliganj, Lucknow, U.P.) should be made so that online data of I.T.I. Examination 2022- 23 of the Petitioners (first year trainee of two years course) may be uploaded in respect of the institutions where they taken their admission after completing entire formalities and depositing the prescribed fee of Rs. 250/- on the official website respondent no.3 for registration and Rs. 10,000/- towards course fees with the college-respondent no.4:"

5. The limited grievance of the petitioners in the present case is that though they applied within time i.e. on or before 29.10.2022 seeking admission in the respondent-Institution (I.T.I.), for one or the other reason, the respondent no.4-Institution could not and did not upload data on the website of respondent no.3 before 30.10.2022 which was notified as the last date for the said purpose. The grievance, therefore, is that on account of inaction on the part of respondent no.4, the petitioners have suffered and their academic careers in the concerned course have come under jeopardy.

6. Various affidavits have been exchanged in the present case.

7. This Court took lot of pains in appreciating the rival contentions of the parties and passed a very detailed order on 23.05.2023 which is reproduced as follows:-

"Shri Anurag Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to implead "National Council for Vocational Training through its Director, Employment Exchange Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi" as co-respondent No.5 in the array of the parties to the writ petition during the course of the day.

Compliance affidavit filed by the respondents No.1 and 2 is taken in the record.

Supplementary affidavit-I and supplementary affidavit filed by the learned counsel for the petitioner are taken in the record.

Affidavit in reply to the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent No.3 filed by the learned counsel for the respondent No.4 and affidavit in reply to the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents No.1 and 2 filed by the learned counsel for the respondent No.4 as well as counter affidavit in reply to the second supplementary affidavit dated 23.02.203 filed by the learned counsel for the respondent No.4 are taken in the record.

Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh, Principal of Institution is present before the Court.

Personal appearance of the Principal of Institution is exempted unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

Heard Shri Anurag Tripathi, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Jail Prakash Rai, learned counsel for the respondents No.1 and 2-Union of India, Shri J.N. Maurya, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent No.3-SCVT and Shri Sanjay Maurya, learned counsel for the respondent No.4- ITI.

Counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondents No.1 and 2-Union of India is taken in the r