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PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner in the instant writ petition is aggrieved by the email dated 29.09.2018, whereby, his application for admission in Postgraduate Diploma in Book Publishing (PGDBP) has been rejected by respondent no.1-Indira Gandhi National Open University (hereinafter as „IGNOU‟) for the academic session 2018-19. He further prays for direction to respondent no.1-IGNOU to grant him admission in the said course.

2. The facts of the case show that the petitioner took admission in an offshore campus of Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok, Sikkim (hereinafter as „SMU‟) located in Noida, Uttar Pradesh in the year 2014 in Bachelor of Computer Application (hereinafter as „BCA‟) Programme. He obtained his degree for the said course on 10.05.2018.

3. Thereafter, being desirous of securing admission in the online PGDBP course, he applied for the same in respondent no.1-IGNOU on 10.08.2018. However, on 29.09.2018, his application for the online PGDBP course has been rejected. The petitioner forthwith filed an RTI application on the even date, seeking the reasons for rejection of his application for admission in the said course.

4. On 07.10.2018, the pe