JUDGMENT

MANMOHAN, ACJ : (ORAL)

CM APPL. 17357/2024(for exemption)

Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

Accordingly, the present application stands disposed of.

LPA 232/2024

1. The present appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent of the then High Court of Judicature at Lahore, which stands extended to the High Court of Delhi, impugns the judgment dated 2nd February, 2024 (‘impugned judgment’), wherein the Respondent’s admission in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (‘AIIMS’), Guwahati has been confirmed and the Appellant’s prospectus for Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (‘INI-CET’) for the January, 2024 session, has been declared as ex-facie arbitrary, to the extent it prescribed a particular period for issuance of OBC-NCL certificates (06th November, 2022 – 05th November, 2023) and a deadline for submission of the same. Accordingly, the W.P. (C) 15514/2023 (‘writ petition’) filed by the Respondent herein against the Appellant herein was allowed.

2. The facts of the case are that AIIMS i.e., the Appellant herein issued a prospectus on 15th September, 2023 thereby inviting applications towards the INI-CET exam leading to admission in AIIMS, New Del