IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 4049 of 2025 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE:

HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI Sd./-

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Approved for Reporting Yes No ✔

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BHARVAD MEGHANKABEN NARESHBHAI THROUGH NATURAL GUARDIAN AND FATHER BHARVAD NARESHBHAI DALABHAI Versus NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA) THROUGH ITS DIRECTOR GENERAL & ORS.

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Appearance:

MR BRIJESH K RAMANUJ(9898) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR HARSHEEL D SHUKLA(6158) for the Respondent(s) No. 2,4 MR KV SHELAT(834) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR PRADIP D BHATE(1523) for the Respondent(s) No. 5 VIKAS V NAIR(7444) for the Respondent(s) No. 3 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI Date : 01/04/2025

ORAL JUDGMENT

1. Heard, learned Advocate, Mr. Ramanuj, for the petitioner, learned Advocate, Mr. Shelat, for Respondent No.1 and Learned Advocate, Ms. Patel, appearing for learned Advocate, Mr. Nair, for Respondent No.3.

2. With the consent of the learned Advocates for the parties, this matter is taken-up for hearing and final disposal, today. Hence, RULE. Learned Advocate, Mr. Shelat, learned Advocate, Mr. Shukla, and learned Advocate, Ms. Patel, for learned Advocate, Mr. Nair, waive service for the respective respondents.

3. By way of this petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following relief;

“10. …

a) Your Lordships may be pleased to admit and allow this petition;

b) Your Lordships may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus and / or any other appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus and direct the respondents to extend the NEET - UG 2025 application deadline for 2 – 3 days to allow affected students to complete registration (ANNEXURE-A); in the interest of justice.

c) Pending admission, hearing and / or final disposal of this petition, Your Lordships may be pleased to pass appropriate order / direction to the respondents to stay on the further conduct of the NEET – 2025 examination and all subsequent processes, including the issuance of admit cards and the declaration of results, until the present petition is finally decided;

d) Your Lordships may be pleased to; Direct the Respondents to reopen the NEET – UG 2025 application portal for all similarly placed students (mentioned in the memo of the application) whose applications remained incomplete due to server failures and unavoidable hardships, in the interest of justice;

e) Such other and further reliefs as Your Lordship may deem just, fit and expedient be granted in favour of the petitioner. ”

4. A perusal of the reliefs prayed for in this petition and as reproduced herein above indicate that the petitioner wants that the window for applying for registration for NEET (UG)- 2025 be reopened, on the ground that the petitioner could not upload the necessary documents, as she was not having the same at the relevant point of time.

5. Learned Advocate, Mr. Ramanuj, appearing for the petitioner submitted that there were some technical glitches on the server as well and therefore, the petitioner could not upload the relevant documents on the portal, which is the basis for filing this petition. It was, therefore, prayed that this petition be allowed.

6. Learned Advocate, Mr. Shelat, appearing for Respondent No.1 submitted that recently, i.e. on 27.03.2025, the issue of allowing the candidates to participate in the NEET – UG 2025 examination, on the ground of failure on the part of the concerned candidate to submit online application form for participating in NEET – UG 2025 examination, was considered by the Division Bench of the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, in the case of ‘Namrata Sanjay Sarkate Vs. The Union of India through the Secretary & Another’, vide order dated 27.03.2025, rendered in 955 Writ Petition No.

4212 of 2025.

6.1 It was also submitted t