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Kriti Mandal v. Union of India and Ors.

Calcutta HC23 Jun 2025WPA/11790/2025

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What is this about?

Keywords: Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti; class VI admission; Session 2025; admission test 91.25 marks; provisional admission; norm requiring classes III, IV, V in Government/Government Aided/recognized schools; Section 15 Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009; mid-session admission; academic interest of student; issue become academic; writ petition disposed; Kriti Mandal v. Union of India & Ors.; W.P.A. 11790 of 2025; decided 23.06.2025; Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.

What did the court decide?

Considering that the petitioner has already taken admission in class VI in another State Government run higher secondary school, the issue raised in the writ petition has become academic. ¶33

Kriti Mandal Vs Union of India and Ors. — Calcutta HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Disposed

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, having obtained 91.25 marks in the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti class VI admission test and provisional admission, could be permitted to take admission in class VI in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti despite the norm requiring classes III, IV and V to be studied and passed in Government/Government Aided/recognized schools. +1 more

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Court's answer

Considering that the petitioner has already taken admission in class VI in another State Government run higher secondary school, the issue raised in the writ petition has become academic.

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Ratio / Principle

Allowing the writ petition at this stage by permitting the petitioner to take admission in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti would result in mid-session admission, which would not be conducive to the academic interest of the student.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ petition (W.P.A. 11790 of 2025, decided 23.06.2025, Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.): The petitioner scored 91.25 marks in the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti class VI admission test for Session 2025 and was granted provisional admission, but was refused final admission on the ground of the Samiti's norm requiring a candidate to have studied and passed classes III, IV and V in Government/Government Aided/recognized schools, spending one full academic session in each class. The petitioner contended that this norm was contrary to Section 15 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and prayed for permission to take admission in class VI in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti. The prayer was opposed on the basis of the said norm and on the submission, supported by a letter dated 8th April, 2025, that the petitioner was already studying in class VI in a Government recognized higher secondary school. Holding that, in view of the petitioner's existing admission in another State Government run school, the issue had become academic, and that allowing the petition at that stage would result in a mid-session admission not conducive to the academic interest of the student, the Court disposed of the writ petition without granting the relief sought. The Court did not pronounce on the conformity of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti norm with Section 15 of the 2009 Act.

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10 23.06.2025 Ct. No. 18 adeb

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W.P.A. 11790 of 2025

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Kriti Mandal

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Vs.

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Union of India & Ors.

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Mr. Anjan Bhattacharyya

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Ms. Juin Dutta Chakraborty

Mr. Debnarayan Patra

Mr. Bidan Mondak

Ms. Arpita Kundu

…for the petitioner

Mr. Mrinal Kanti Ghosh

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Mr. Pradhyot Kr. Das

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…for the State

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Mr. Rabi Prasad Mukherjee

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Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee

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…for the Union of India

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Mr. Pulakesh Bajpayee

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…for the respondent nos. 3 & 4.

Mr. Sudipta Dasgupta

Mr. Arindam Shit

Mr. Sutirtha Nayek

…for the respondent no. 9

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Affidavit of service filed on behalf of the

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petitioner is taken on record.

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Petitioner participated in the admission test conducted by Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti for taking admission in class VI for the Session 2025. It is submitted that student obtained 91.25 marks in the admission test but was granted provisional admission as it appears from a document at page 58 of the writ petition. It is also submitted that due to the norm of the Central Government relating to taking admission in schools under Ministry of Education, Government of India which prescribes for taking admission in class VI

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candidate must have studied and passed classes III, IV and V from Government/Government Aided/recognized schools spending one full academic session in each class, petitioner was not granted permission to take admission in class VI finally. It is also submitted that such norm of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti is contrary to Section 15 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 which prescribes a child shall be admitted in a school at the commencement of the academic year and no child shall be denied admission if such admission is sought subsequent to extended period.

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Prayer is made for permitting the petitioner to take admission in class VI in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti.

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Such prayer is opposed by the learned advocate representing Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti based on aforesaid norm of the said school relating to admission and it is also submitted that petitioner is presently studying in class VI in higher secondary school which is Government recognized school. In this regard letter dated 8^th April, 2025 which is at page 85 of the writ petition is relied upon.

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Having considered the respective submissions made on behalf of the parties it

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appears though an attempt has been made on behalf of the petitioner to question stand of Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti in denying admission to the petitioner based on norms applicable in the said school relating to admission in view of the relevant provision contained in Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 but considering admission of the petitioner in class VI in another State Government run higher secondary school, issue has become academic. Since petitioner is studying in another school in class VI, in the event at this stage writ petition is allowed permitting the petitioner to take admission in Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti that would result in mid-session admission which will not be conducive to the academic interest of the student.

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Hence, writ petition stands disposed of.

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Urgent photostat certified copy of the order, if applied for, be given to the parties, upon usual undertakings.

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(Saugata Bhattacharyya, J.)

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