Petitioner has approached this Court seeking the following reliefs :

(i) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the order dated 07.06.2017 issued and uploaded by respondent no.1 in the department website whereby the respondent no.1 has illegally on flimsy ground rejected the application of petitioner for award of SHE-INSPIRE scholarship.

(ii) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent authorities no.1 to declare and treat the petitioner as eligible for SHE-INSPIRE scholarship and further to grant the petitioner as eligible for SHE-INSPIRE scholarship and further to grant the petitioner her SHEINSPIRE scholarship from 2016 onwards upto five years as provided in the said scheme.

(iii) To issue any other or further writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case.

(iv) To award the cost of the petition in favour of the petitioner.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is permanent resident of Village Soniyana P.O. Gairsain District Chamoli, Uttarakhand. Petitioner belongs to BPL (Below Poverty Line); her father was engaged in private jo