ORAL ORDER

In this petition, petitioner seeks for the following reliefs:

“i. Issue a Writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction to quash the endorsement dated 07.07.2025as per Annexure-D, issued by Respondent No.4 rejecting the Petitioner’s application for admission to either 3 or 5 years Law course;

ii. Issue a Writ of Mandamus directing Respondents to reconsider the Petitioner’s application for admission to the 5 years B.A., LL,B. or 3-Year LL,B. course on merits and admit him to either of the Courses;

iii. Pass such other and further orders as may be deemed fit in the interest of justice and equity.”

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned HCGP for respondent No.1, learned counsel for respondent Nos.2 to 4 respectively and perused the material on record.

3. A perusal of the material on record will indicate that the petitioner completed his SSLC from the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board in April, 1991 and undertook a job oriented course JOC (Diploma), which he completed in the year 1993. Thereafter, the petitioner applied for admission to 5 years BA, LLB and alternatively, for three years LLB offered by the Karnataka State Law Unive