$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 12392/2025 SHAKUNTLA HEALTH EDUCATION FOUNDATION ...Petitioner Through: Mr. Kirtiman Singh, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Gaurav Nair, Ms. Vara Gaur and Ms. Veera Mathai, Advs.

versus GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Anita Sahani, Adv. for R-1.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN

O R D E R

% 08.11.2025 C.M. APPL. _____(to be numbered)

1. The present application has been handed over across the bar at 02.35 P.M. after the Court had pronounced a judgment in another case, listed for the said purpose.

2. As today is second Saturday and the Registry is closed. Therefore, hard copy of the application has been given in Court. The Registry is directed to register and number the same.

3. The prayer made in the present application is to the following effect:

“a. Direct the Respondent No.1/Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University to immediately obtain fresh JAC report on the basis of intake of 50 students bearing in mind the observations made in the Judgment dated 01.11.2025, in the next 24 hours, and thereafter forward the same to the Directorate of Higher Education as well as Health and Family Welfare Department of GNCTD latest by

10.11.2025, along with appropriate clarifications;

b. Direct the Directorate of Higher Education and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, on receipt of JAC report, to take decision on the issuance of NOC within 24 hours after receipt of the JAC report, in light of the Policy Guidelines dated 12.01.2016 as amended;

c. Direct the Respondent No.1/Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University to allow the Petitioner to participate in the counselling round scheduled from 11.11.2025 to 14.11.2025 and all subsequent counselling rounds for the Academic Year 2025-2026;

d. Direct the Respondent No.1/Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University to include 50 seats for which the Petitioner had applied in the stray round of counselling scheduled between 11.11.2025 to 14.11.2025;

e. Direct that the present application be listed for compliance by the parties on 11.11.2025. ”

4. The prayer in application is essentially for seeking modification of the directions in the judgment dated 01.11.2025 rendered bythe undersigned.

5. Mr. Kirtiman Singh, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of petitioner institute submits that in para 57 of the judgment dated 01.11.2025, this Court had given following directions:

“57. In light of the above discussion, the present petition is allowed and following directions are passed: (i) the respondent university is directed to obtain fresh report of the JAC on the basis of intake of 50 students, bearing in mind the observations made herein above, within period of three days, and the said report may simultaneously be forwarded to the Directorate of Higher Education, as well as, Health and Family Welfare Department of the GNCTD;

(ii) the GNCTD, on receipt of JAC report, shall take decision on the issuance of NOC within a period of three days, in light of the policy of 2016, as amended;

(iii)in the event NOC is issued by the State Government (GNCTD), the respondent university shall forthwith grant affiliation to petitioner for the academic session 2025-2026, and allow the petitioner to participate in the ongoing counselling.”

6. He submits that the respondent university could not obtain the fresh report of JAC in terms of the directions within a period of three days. However, the petitioner institute has been communicated that the JAC will be visiting the institute on 10.11.2025.

7. He submit that the only concern of the petitioner institute is that the JAC should expedite the preparation of report and the same shall be forwarded to the Government in terms of the directions contained in the aforesaid judgment forthwith so as to enable the Government to take a decision as to whether NOC is to be issued to the petitioner institute or not.

8. It is further submitted that the st