27.3 Serious operational issues, were the prayers of the petitioner to be granted, are also bound to arise. The assessment system of the JEE cannot, quite obviously, treat a candidate as a non-PWD candidate for Session I and a PWD candidate for Session II. This is what, however, grant of the relief sought by the petitioner would precisely entail. The petitioner’s application, as submitted before Session I of the JEE (Mains) examination, reflected him as an EWS non-PwD candidate. He, therefore, underwent Session I of the JEE (Mains) examination as an EWS, non-PwD candidate. If, now, between the first and the second Session of the JEE (Mains) examination, the petitioner is permitted to change his status from an EWS, non-PwD candidate to a PwD candidate, it is bound to result in operational issues. The scheme of the JEE (Mains) examination envisages the better of the two results being taken into consideration, where a candidate opts to appear in both Sessions. The entitlement of a candidate is also dependent on the status of the candidate as general, EWS, or PwD etc. If Session I of the JEE (Mains) examination of the petitioner is to be assessed treating him as an EWS non-PwD candidate, and Session II is to be assessed treating him as a PwD candidate, it is bound to result in confusion. Besides, it would result in a strange and paradoxical situation in which a candidate would have enjoy one status for Session I and another for Session II, which is obviously anomalous.
