TEJAS KARIA, J. (Oral)

1. The present Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 seeking, inter alia, direction to the Respondent for forthwith declaring the Petitioner’s JEE-Mains result.

2. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner submitted that:

2.1 The Petitioner is a person with 55% Autism Spectrum Disorder (“ASD”) as per her disability certificate and Unique Disability ID (“UDID”). The Petitioner attempted to register for JEE-Mains Session 2 Examination however, the system did not accept the disability certificated dated 07.01.2026 issued to the Petitioner as the Petitioner had registered as a General category candidate for JEE-Mains Session 1 Examination in November, 2025 as she did not have the disability certificate at that time.

2.2 The Petitioner was not successful in changing the status of her candidature for JEE-Mains Session 2 Examination from General category to Persons with Disabilities (“PwD”) status. Accordingly, the Petitioner visited the Respondent’s exam centre, however, the officials of the Respondent refused to cooperate and were insensitive about the Petitioner’s disability.

2.3 Therefore, the Petitioner approached the Court of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (“CCPD”) through email dated 28.02.2026 and vide complaint dated 07.03.2026. The CCPD conducted a hearing on 18.03.2026, wherein the Respondent submitted that the Petitioner had initially registered for General category with no PwD status and because the disability certificate was a manual paper-based document rather than a UDID card, the Respondent was required to perform due diligence to verify its authenticity. The Respondent further submitted before CCPD that it had sent emails to the CMO’s office and the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (“DEPwD”) on 16.03.2026. It was assured by the Respondent that the Petitioner’s category would be manually updated from ‘General’ to ‘General-PwD’ immediately upon receiving confirmation of the disability certificate’s genuineness.

2.4 Vide order dated 25.03.2026, CCPD directed the Respondent to complete the verification process within a week. In the meantime, the Petitioner obtained UDID, which was sent to the Respondent vide email dated 23.03.2026.

2.5 On 30.03.2026, the Petitioner was issued an admit card erroneously indicating her disability as being less than 40%, which was not in line with the disability certificate and UDID. Accordingly, the Petitioner sent an email dated 31.03.2026 seeking rectification of the admit card.

2.6 On 01.04.2026, i.e. on the previous date of the Examination, the Petitioner was issued an admit card indicating 55% ASD. Accordingly, the Petitioner sat for the JEE-Mains Examination on 02.04.2026.

2.7 On 20.04.2026, the result of the Petitioner was withheld with a vague and cryptic remark ‘Result Later’. Therefore, the Petitioner wrote an email dated 20.04.2026 to enquire about the withholding of her result, however, there was no response.

2.8 The registration process for JEE-Advanced Examination commenced on 23.04.2026 and will conclude on 02.05.2026.

2.9 Hence, the Petitioner filed the present Petition seeking the direction to the Respondent for declaring the Petitioner’s result for JEE-Mains Examination within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

3. The learned Counsel for the Petitioner submitted that the Petitioner’s result cannot be withheld without any justification as the Respondent cannot act in an arbitrary manner in absence of any wrongdoing by the Petitioner that would warrant the withholding of her result. Further, the Petitioner is kept in dark and not given any justification or an opportunity of hearing for withholding her result.

4. It was further submitted by the learned Counsel for the Petitioner that the Respondent has completed all the verification steps and only upon conclusion of the same, the admit card was issued to the Petitioner on 01.04.2026. Therefore, the Petitioner’s di