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