Judicial relief can be sought for admission errors in medical seat allotment processes.

JUDGMENT

Muralee Krishna, J.

The petitioner in W.P.(C) No.43761 of 2025 filed this writ appeal under Section 5 (i) of the Kerala High Court Act , 1958, challenging the judgment dated 02.12.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in that writ petition.

2. The appellant, who is an aspirant to secure admission for MBBS in All India Quota (‘AIQ’ for short), who secured all India rank 14,628 in NEET UG 2025, filed W.P.(C) No.43761 of 2025 seeking the following reliefs:

“i) Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ or order directing the 2^nd and 4^th respondents to admit the petitioner as per (Ext.P1) allotment letter to the petitioner for admission to the MBBS course at Government Medical College, Manjeri;

ii) Issue a writ of mandamus or other appropriate writ or order directing Respondent 4 to reserve/protect one MBBS seat for the petitioner in Government Medical College, Manjeri, or in any other Government Medical College in Kerala, pending disposal of the writ petition;

iii) The Hon’ble Court may be pleased to direct the Respondent 4 for the creation of one supernumerary seat solely for the petitioner as an interim measure, to ensure that the petitioner does not irretrievably lose the academic year”.

3. According to the appellant, after initial allotments were over, he applied in the stray vacancy round of counselling and was allotted admission at the Government Medical College, Manjeri. Although he was issued with Ext.P1 allotment letter dated 14.11.2025 and he reported at the 4^th respondent College, the Principal of the College informed him that there was an error in the seat matrix and actually no seat to admit him existed. For the said reason, the appellant filed the writ petition with the reliefs mentioned above.

4. On 02.12.2025, when the writ petition came up for consideration, the learned Single Judge dismissed the writ petition by the impugned judgment. Being aggrieved, the appellant filed the present writ appeal.

5. On 05.12.2025, when this writ appeal came up for admission, after arguing for some time, the learned counsel for the appellant sought an adjournment.

6. On 08.12.2025, along with I.A.No.1 of 2025, the appellant has placed on record Annexure A NEET UG Counselling for MBBS - Locked Choices for Round 4. The appellant is serial No.39 in Annexure A. The learned counsel pointed out that students with lower ranks than the appellant got admission for MBBS course in other colleges opted by the appellant, since the appellant was mistakenly allotted to the Government Medical College, Manjeri. The learned Deputy Solicitor General of India and also the learned Senior Government Pleader sought time to get instructions.

7. On 15.12.2025, when the writ appeal was taken up for consideration, the learned Deputy Solicitor General of India sought some more time to get instructions.

8. Today, when this writ appeal was taken up for consideration, in the morning session, the learned Deputy Solicitor General of India sought time to get instructions on Annexure B document placed on record along with I.A.No.2 of 2025. Hence the appeal was listed at 3.00 p.m. Thereafter, when the matter was called at 3.00 p.m. the learned Deputy Solicitor General of India on instructions submitted that the appellant can apply for allotment of seats in the special stray allotment notified by the Medical Counselling Committee. The learned counsel for the appellant agreed for the same.

In such circumstances, the writ appeal is disposed of recording the aforesaid submission made by the learned Deputy Solicitor General of India, leaving open the legal and factual contentions raised by the parties to this writ appeal. It is made clear that if the appellant faces any difficulty in availing the a