J U D G M E N T

PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner has filed the instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs: -

“i) Issue a writ of certiorari and/or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to quash/set aside the Office Memorandum dt.17.03.2023 issued by Govt. of India, Ministry of Education, Dept. of Higher Education; and ii) Issue a writ of mandamus and/or any other appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents/National Institute of Technology, Delhi to admit the Petitioner in allocated academic program B - Tech (Computer Science) for the academic session

2023-24 at National Institute of Technology, Delhi.”

2. The case of the petitioner is that he appeared in Class XII examination in July, 2022 and obtained 63.2% marks in the said examination. The petitioner in pursuance of the Information Bulletin issued by the National Testing Agency (hereinafter referred to as „NTA‟) appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination (MAIN)-2023 (hereinafter referred to as „JEE (MAIN)–2023‟) on 25.01.2023.

3. The result of the first session of the said examination was declared on 06.02.2023. Since the petitio