IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Digitally signed by SUNNY SUNNY ANKUSHRAO ANKUSHRAO THOTE THOTE D 20 a 2 te 5 : .10.01 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

11:24:50 +0530 WRIT PETITION NO. 11565 OF 2025

1. Dipakbhai Premabhai Patel (son of Premabhai Chimanbhai Patel), date of birth: 08/05/1979, age 45 years, occupation : Service, working as : Bailiff District and Sessions Court Silvassa, DNH-396230 and residing at : H.No.15/107, Sr. No.69611, Baldevi School Faliya, Near Naresh Delkar House, Sayli Road, Silvassa, Dadra Nagar Haveli 396230, Cell :9925320565, 9512701986 email id: pateldp3010@ gmail .com

2. Jiya Patel (daughter of Dipakbhai Premabhai Patel), date of birth: 30.10.2006, age 18 years, and residing at : H.No.15/107, Sr. No.69611, Baldevi School Faliya, Near Naresh Delkar House, Sayli Road, Silvassa, Dadra Nagar Haveli 396230, Cell :9925320565, 9512701986 email id: pateldp3010@ gmail .com ...Petitioners Versus

1. Union of India Through : Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of Health & Family Welfare)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi – 110011.

Email id: secyhfw@g mail .in

2. Administrator Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Office of the Admnistrator, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu, Silvassa 396230.

Email id: administrator-dd-dnh@nic.in

3. Director of Educaiton, Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Directorate of Education, PWD Complex, 1^st & 2^nd Floor, Block-5, Silvassa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli (U.T.) 396230 Email id: supcol-dnh@nic.in

4. NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute, Silvassa Through : its Dean Dr. Ramchandra Goyal, UT Administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Department of Health and Family Welfare, having address at : Sayli Raod, Silvassa, UT of DNH & DD, Pin Code 396230.

Email id: medicalcollege.dnh@gmail.com/

drgoyal45@gmail.com

5. Janvi Anil Bhasra Through Respondent No.4 ...Respondents ****

Mr. Rahul Walia i/by Mr. Puneet Pathak, Advocate for the Petitioners.

Ms. Leena Patil a/w Ms. Priyanka Chavan, Advocate for Respondent No.1/UOI.

Mr. Sanjay Jain a/w Ms. Harsh Dedhia, Advocate for Respondent Nos.2 to 4.

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CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE &

ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ.

DATE : 29th SEPTEMBER, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties.

2. Petitioner no.1 is the father of Petitioner no.2, who is his biological daughter, Jiya Patel. The Petitioners have put forth Prayer Clauses (a), (b) and (c), as under :-

“a) This Hon'ble Court will be pleased to issue a Writ Of Certiorari or a Writ or direction in the nature of Certiorari to call for the records and proceedings of the case which led to the issuance of provisional merit list dated 05/08/2025 and Revised list on dtd 29/08/2025 to deny Petitioner No.2 ADMISSION for MBBS Course in Respondent No.4 Government Medical College i.e. NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute, Silvassa for the Academic year: 2025-2026 against (ST) candidates seats and after going through its propriety, legality and constitutional validity be pleased to quash and set aside the same only to the extent of exclusion of Petitioner No.2's name from the said List and accordingly order and direct the Respondents to include and place the name of the Petitioner No.2 as per her NEET Marks at Sr. No.4 i.e. in the said Merit List of ST candidates and to allot 1(One) ST Seat to the Petitioner No.2 herein for MBBS Course in in Government Medical College i.e. NAMO Medical Education and Research Institution, Silvassa for the Academic year : 2025-2025.

b) This Hon'ble High Court of Bombay may graciously be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or an order in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondents to include and allot 1(One) ST Seat to the Petitioner No.2 herein for MBBS Course in Respondent No.4 Government Medical College i.e. NAMO Medical Education and Research Institute, Silvassa for the Academic year: 2025-2