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VIVEK RUSIA, RAJENDRA KUMAR (VERMA)
PURVA d/o KISHOR BALKE – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH – Respondent
ORDER VIVEK RUSIA, J. : – Shri Harshwardhan Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner.
Shri Aditya Garg, learned Government Advocate for the respondents/State.
The petitioner has filed the present writ petition seeking permission to participate in counselling in ST Category instead of UR/NRI quota. According to the petitioner, she belongs to the Schedule Tribe Category and permanent resident of the Tribal area i.e. District-Jhabua (M. P.). She has passed Higher Secondary Examination in academic session 2019-20 in the stream of Biology as ST student. She appeared 2nd time in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test 2021 (NEET) under ST Category. The admit card was issued by the respondents under ST category. Thereafter, a score card was issued, showing her ranking 4540th under ST Category and 224236th all India rank. A merit list for the State of Madhya Pradesh was published, in which her rank is 4743. The petitioner filled a form to participate in the counselling on 24-1-2022 through online portal but due to inadvertence, she has wrongly selected a category under UR/NRI quota instead of ST Category. This mistake came to her knowledge on 25-1-2022 and she immediately submitted a
The main legal point established in the judgment is the importance of upholding admission rules, such as Rule 6, to ensure the integrity and smooth conduct of the admission process.
The main legal point established is that interchangeability of SC and ST seats is permissible under Rule-2.6 of the JNV Selection Test-2021, subject to a maximum of 50% for both categories.
The court established that candidates should be allowed to correct genuine mistakes in their application forms, particularly when such corrections do not disrupt the overall admission process and uph....
Consciousness of category selection and potential impact on the counseling process are crucial considerations in permitting category changes after exam results.
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