Petitioner had secured Ph.D. admission to JNU on merits in the following year but sought compensation for losing a year. As no compensation prayer existed in the writ petition, the grievance did not survive; the writ petition and stay application were disposed of.
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
ARUN SRIVASTAV
..... Petitioner
Through: Mr. Krishnan Mishra, Mr. Param Kumar Mishra, Mr. Jagjeet Kumar Bhatt and Ms. Prashanshika Takur, Advs
versus
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY AND ORS ..... Respondents Through: Ms. Monika Arora, CGSC with Mr. Subhrodeep Saha, Advocates, for JNU
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR
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ORDER (ORAL) 07.05.2024
CM APPL. 21696/2024 (Addl. documents)
1. This is an application by the JNU to place certain additional documents on record. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has no objection. The documents are taken on record.
2. The application is allowed accordingly.
W.P.(C) 3934/2023
3. Mr. Krishnam Mishra, learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that his client has now secured admission to the Ph.D. course in the next year on being selected thereto on merits.
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4. However, he submits that the writ petition would nonetheless survive insofar as he seeks compensation from the JNU for having made the petitioner lose a year.
5. Mr. Saha, learned Counsel for the JNU points out that there is no prayer for compensation in the writ petition. This is found to be correct.
6. In that view of the matter, the grievance in this writ petition does not survive for consideration.
7. The writ petition is disposed of.
CM APPL. 15349/2023 (stay)
8. This application does not survive for consideration and is disposed of.
C.HARI SHANKAR, J
MAY 7, 2024 rb
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition survives after the petitioner secured Ph.D. admission, when he seeks compensation for a lost year despite no such prayer in the petition.
Arun Srivastav
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Others (JNU respondents)
C. Hari Shankar
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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