Ansari Hidaytunnisa Ilyasahamad v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Deptt. Ministry of Education and 3 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Name-correction writ; typographical error 'ANSARI HIDAYTUNISHA' recorded instead of 'ANSARI HIDAYTUNNISA ILYASAHAMAD'; SFMP Portal verification objection by opposite party no.2; JRF examination conducted by N.T.A. (December 2021–June 2022); U.G.C. scholarship withheld pending correction; Lucknow University Ph.D. (business management); respondent no.2 directed to correct records within four weeks based on Higher Secondary and Secondary Education Board certificates; respondent no.3 to process scholarship without insisting on prior correction; petitioner to apply with Court's order and self-attested certificates; WRIT - C No. 8086 of 2024; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (Lucknow Bench); disposed of August 26, 2025; Pankaj Bhatia, J.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued: respondent no.2 to correct the typographical error in the petitioner's name in its records within four weeks (after verifying the petitioner's Higher Secondary and Secondary Education Board certificates, upon the petitioner's application enclosing the Court's order and self-attested certificates, and passing an order within four weeks); respondent no.3 to consider the petitioner's scholarship request without insisting on prior correction by respondent no.2.