The Court dismissed a writ petition seeking admission to First Year Engineering courses. Relying on Supreme Court law, it held it cannot direct admission once the prescribed cut-off date expires.
Petition dismissed; no admission directed.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 8851 OF 2012
Sandip Dilip Phatak & Ors.
..Petitioner.
versus
State of Maharashtra & Ors.
..Respondents.
Mr. Shivajirao Masal for the Petitioner.
Ms. S.S. Bhende, AGP. for the Respondents.
CORAM : DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD, AND A.A. SAYED, JJ.
13 SEPTEMBER 2012.
P.C. :
The subject matter of these proceedings under Article 226 is the admission to the First Year of the Degree Course in Engineering and Information Technology. The learned AGP. has placed on record a letter of the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra State, dated 12 September 2012 stating that the revised cut-off date for all admissions to the First Year of Degree Courses in Engineering/Technology for the academic year 201213 was 31 August 2012, which is over.
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out. The Petition is dismissed.
(DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.)
(A.A. SAYED, J.)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether writ jurisdiction under Article 226 can be exercised to direct admission to engineering courses after the cut-off date has passed.
Sandip Dilip Phatak & Ors.
State of Maharashtra & Ors.
D.Y. Chandrachud
A.A. Sayed
As recorded by the court registry
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