THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI APARESH KUMAR SINGH AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE G.M. MOHIUDDIN WRIT PETITION No.12797 OF 2025

ORDER:

Heard Sri D.S.Kishan, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri R.Nagarjuna Reddy, learned Assistant Government Pleader for Medical and Health for respondent No.1, Sri T.Sharath, learned Standing Counsel for respondent No.2-University and perused the record.

2. This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking writ of Mandamus (i) to declare Clause (xvii)(a) of Rule 4 of the Selection Process under G.O.Ms.No.114, dated 05.07.2017, as unconstitutional; (ii) to declare the action of the respondents in listing his name among ineligible candidates for MBBS/BDS courses for the academic year 2025-2026 as arbitrary and illegal; and (iii) consequently, to direct the respondents to permit him to participate in the NEET counselling for 2025-2026.

Factual Matrix

3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the facts, as chronicled in the petition, are that the petitioner, having qualified in NEET-

UG-2024 participated in the NEET-UG-2024 counselling process for admission into the MBBS course under the Management Quota. The petitioner was provisi