High Court · 2025

Petition under Article 226 of lhe Constitution of lndia praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction one more in the nature of Writ of Ma nda mus: a) Declaring the action of the Respondents more particularly Respondent 3 in refusing to correct the entry in the column of 'State of Eligibility'as Telangana instead of Uttar Pradesh in the NEET UG 2025 Application/ Admit Card vide no. 42O142OOOB and issuing a refusal email dated 27.05.2025 t as being bad, arbitrary and illegal and violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of lndia. b) Consequenti r y r ips6ling the Respondent no- 3 herein tc f rrttrwith correct the 'State of Eligib li.'y ?s Telangana instead of Uttar Pradesh for all purposes in NEET UG 2Ct25 i r> lbr Counselling, declaration of results anc al other aspects. IA NO: 1 OF 20i:ai Petitiorr L r d in the affidavit f il:c direct the Respor c to Telangana fr r r for Counselling, c e : Section 1 51 CPC praying that in the r;ir cu nstances stated 1 support of the petition, the High Court mi,ry be pleased to : rt no. 3 to forthwith correct the iolumn of 'S iate of Eligibility' llrat of Uttar Pradesh for all purposes in N Et::T UG 2025 i.e., ;i:ration of results and all other aspects. Counsel for the [)e :rtioner: Ms. NSV.JANAKI Counsel for the Re : pondents: Ms. N.V.R.RAJYA LAKSHMI, F'.EP. FOR SRI GADI PRAVEEN KUMAR, DEPUW SOLICITOR GENERAL ()F INDIA The Court 6sde lh I following: ORDER ; i i I ! i I ' w I I i I 1 THE HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE SUJOY PAUL AND THE HON'BLE SMT JUSTICE RENUKA YARA WRIT PETITION No.1 5398 of 2o25 ORDER (Per the Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice Sujog Poul) Ms.NSVJanaki,learnedcounselforthepetitionerand Ms.N.V.R. Rajya Lakshmi, learned counsel representing Sri Gadi Praveen Kumar, learned Deputy Solicitor General of India' for the respondents.

2. Heard on admission and interim relief'

3. The petitioner is claiming herself to be the resident of Telangana and urged that because of typographical mistake in the application form, she mentioned her State of Eligibility as ..Uttar Pradesh,, in place of ..Telangana,. The singular prayer in this petition is to direct the respondents to correct the State of eligibility as "Telalgana" for all purposes in NEET UG 2025 Examination. lrarned counsel for the petitioner by placing reliance on the 4. order passed by Division Bench of this Court in WP(SR) No' 18076 of 2Oir9 (Ex.P. 15) submits that this Court in similar circumstances issued necessary directions' However' in the instant case' vide \ \-. 2 impugnecl c o r Lmunication dated 2Z.OS.2O2), the respondents have alrt:ac'r r .. jected the representation.

5. Per ccr r- i., learned counsel for the responden,s ,;ubmits that the Public \,i r ice (trx.p. 13) contains a clear. srip.rlation that "the windo,r lr corrections sha-ll be available t,ll 11.03.2025. (Upto 11.50 D \1.). After this deadline, no furlher <:orrections will be permittecl _ trder any circumstances., lt is r_ rged that the software ,Jor:r, trtt permit any reopening or corrr:ctiorr after the cut off date. If rt. i is juncture, a,y such correction is ,;rrtered, it will adversely imtr a : lakhs of candidates, who have par-tici;rated in the examrnation

6. In the r . joinder submissions, learned cc)u nsrei for the petitioner per:::l reliance on INFORMATION BUI,[_I.)TIN NEET (uG) 2025 t'1) r .t row that declaration of resurr orr *.e National Testing Agen:,, t/ebsite will be available by 14.06.2tr,,15 (Tentative). Thus, at this s ir.ge, if correction is ordered, n. pre-uclice u.ill be caused to the t1 - r:r side.

7. Heard at .! r rgth on admission. 8' Admittelr.y as per pubtic Notice dated o r.o3.2o2s: corrections cctlr have been carried out till 11.03,.202 5 rrpto 11.5O I wa: -!y.v 3 PM. The Public Notice in no uncertain terms makes it clear that no further corrections will be permitted under any circumstances' g. It is a matter of common knowledge in the present examination, lakhs of students are participatirig' The candidate who is preferring application must be vigilant and cross check the information furnished by him/her. The first representation seeking correction was preferred by the petitioner only on

27.O5.2O25. Thus, the petitioner has not acted with due diligence' we find no reason to doubt the contention of learned counsel for the respondents that in the software, there exists no mechanism to reopen and correct the entries already made till I 1'03'2025' If interference is made on mere asking for a candidate who did not act with care and caution, the examination agency will be put to inconvenience and impossibility of correction in electronic form at this stage cannot be directed by passing a judicial order'

10. So far as order of this Court in WP(SR) No'19076 of 2019 is concernedonwhichheavyrelianceisplacedbylearnedcorrnsel for the petitioner, suffice it to say that this Court has not laid down any principle of law in the said case' This Court merely directedthepetitionerthereintopreferarepresentationseeking I I 4 I correction zi)c in turn, the respondents therein ,r.err: directed to decide the r;rrr r:. Thus, the said order is of no assistance to the petitioner'. t h , rejection order is based on tite stipulation containeil in -rL. main notice regarding .,Corrections,, upto a particular datr lnd time. We find no arbitrariness or illegality in the rejectiorL .", I rich warrarts our interference Tht s, we are not inclined to ert( r tain this petition. Admission is decline:1. 1 1. The Wr i , :tition is dismissed. No order zls to costs Miscelltn , )us petitions pending, if any, shall srarrd closed //TRUE COPY// sD/-P. PONNA KRISHM ASSISTA,N- REGISTRAR A//' SECTION OFFICER To, 1 2 3 BSR GJP One CC; to lr'1s '.lSV.JANAKI, Advocate [OPUC] One CO tc rlt GAD| PRAVEEN KUMAR' DEPUTY SOL Cl tOR GENERAL 5F rr.r'6'iA., r[i : corrt ror. ir,"-sGi" oi t"tangan' at Hyde'aba'1 toPUC] lwo uL) ur)i}r . g I I :-i E Q;: /1 :.ir lr, c o I )\' $ \ " tit - ...pil SE + HIGH COUFII DATED:091(t(i12025 ORDER WP.No.1539f of 2025 DISMISSINCi THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT CCISTS cgq\u X"ft