the time when the petitioners were invited for counseling, i.e. on 26.08.2016. The result of the petitioner No.2 in the qualifying graduation examination was declared on 26.07.2016. It is contended that the Petitioner No. 2 had applied for issuance of the provisional certificate from the concerned University on 26.08.2016 and the provisional certificate has been issued on 26.09.2016. Similarly, in the case of the petitioner No.3, the result was declared in June, 2016 and the provisional certificate was applied only in August, 2016. Insofar as petitioner No.4 is concerned, no documents pertaining to graduation were submitted at the time of counseling.