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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO.2006 OF 2022

Bhumanyu Singh Champawat

….. Petitioner

Vs.

The Registrar, The University of Mumbai

and Ors.

….. Respondents

Mr. D. V. Sawant a/w. Mr. Parag Sawant, Mr. Priyank Kulkarni,

Mr. Paras Oza and Mr. Abhishek Sawant a/w. R. S. Champawan

i/b P. S. Chambers for the Petitioner.

Mr. Rui Rodrigues for Respondent No.1.

Mr. Sameer Khedekar for Respondent No.2.

Mr. S. B. Gore, AGP for Respondent No.3.

CORAM:

A. S. CHANDURKAR &

G. A. SANAP, JJ.

DATED :

28 APRIL 2022

P. C.

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith by consent of

the parties.

2.

Heard.

3.

The petitioner in this writ petition is seeking

directions to respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3 to extend cut off date of

off line admission to LLB (3 Years) course by a week from the

date of order of this Court and further directions to respondent

Nos.1 and 2 to issue instructions to concerned colleges to admit

the petitioner in concerned colleges, where the seats are available

for LLB (3 years) course.

RAJESHWARI

SUBODH

KARVE

Digitally

signed by

RAJESHWARI

SUBODH

KARVE

Date:

2022.05.04

18:14:27

+0530

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4.

It is the case of the petitioner that he appeared for

Common Entrance Test conducted by respondent No.2 on 4-

5/10/2021. The petitioner secured 82 marks out of 150 marks in

the said examination. The petitioner participated in the on line

admission process. There were three online rounds conducted by

respondent No.2. The petitioner's name appeared in the first list on

31/12/2021. His name was in the list published by Nalanda Law

College, Mumbai. The petitioner did not apply for the same as he

opted for the 2^nd round to get better choice of the college. The

second round allotment list of the students was published on

31/1/2022. The name of the petitioner appeared in the list of Lords

Universal Law College, Mumbai. Again he contemplated

admission in better college and did not take the admission. Third

round list was published on 14/2/2022. His name did not figure in

the said list. At the end of the 3^rd round the date for admission to

the 3^rd round was extended till 25/2/2022 and thereafter online

admission process was closed. Since the petitioner did not get

admission in the 3^rd round, he made inquiry with various colleges.

The colleges refused to give him admission on the ground that the

petitioner did not submit the online form. According to the

petitioner even after completion of online and offline admission

process, number of seats are vacant and available. It is stated that

respondent No.2 has closed the offline admission. The revised

cutoff date for admission was 28/2/2022. The colleges have

refused to give him admission. It is submitted that the petitioner

has secured the qualifying marks in the CET. Seats are available,

however due to expiry of the offline admission date, he is not

getting the admission. The petitioner has submitted that if he loses

an opportunity of admission, his one precious year would be lost.

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5.

Respondents have not filed reply. Advocates for the

respondents made submissions without filing reply.

6.

We have heard Mr. D. V. Sawant, learned advocate

for the petitioner. We have heard Mr. Rui Rodrigues, learned

advocate for respondent No.1 and Mr. Sameer Khedekar for

respondent No.2 and Mr. S. B. Gore, lear