JUDGMENT

: D. N. PATEL, Chief Justice (Oral)

Proceedings of the matter have been conducted through video conferencing.

CM APPL.14060/2020 (exemption)

Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

The application is allowed.

LPA 169/2020 & CM APPL.14059/2020 (Stay)

1. This Letters Patent Appeal has been preferred by the appellant (original petitioner) against judgment and order dated 23rd June, 2020 passed by learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) 3633/2020 (Annexure A-1 to the memo of this Letters Patent Appeal).

FACTUAL MATRIX

2. The appellant completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, in 2006. He further completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Child Health (DCH) from King George Medical University, Lucknow, in 2017.

3. The appellant, on 21st December 2017, appeared in “Diplomate of National Board, Post Diploma Centralized Entrance Test” (hereinafter referred to as DNB-PDCET) for January 2018 Admission Session and thereafter participated in the centralized counseling on 29th May 2018, wherein he was allotted a seat for specialty in pediatrics in Northern Railway Central Hospital to pursue DNB (Post Diploma) course for two y