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Nidhi Kumari v. The Vice Chancellor

Patna HC17 Jun 2025CWJC/12491/2023

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Aryabhatta Knowledge University; issuance of original degree certificate; Bachelor of Optometry; Public Health Institute, Patna; provisional certificate; convocation never held; writ of direction to Registrar and University officers; certificate to be issued within one month of deposit of requisite fee and application form; CWJC No.12491 of 2023; Patna High Court; decided 17-06-2025; Justice Anil Kumar Sinha; disposed.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the Registrar and other officers of Aryabhatta Knowledge University to issue the original Bachelor of Optometry certificate to the petitioner within one month of the petitioner submitting the application form, requisite fee and relevant papers at the University counter (submission to be made within two weeks); writ application disposed with these directions. ¶27

Nidhi Kumari Vs The Vice Chancellor — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondent/Aryabhatta Knowledge University should be directed to issue the original certificate of the Bachelor of Optometry course to the petitioner, who completed the course in 2022 and holds only a provisional certificate, where the University office declines to accept the application form and requisite fee on the ground that original certificates are issued at convocation and no convocation has ever been held.

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Court's answer

The petitioner is directed to approach the University and submit the application form and the requisite fee along with relevant papers at the University counter within a period of two weeks.

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Ratio / Principle

Upon such submission, the Registrar and the other officers of the University are directed to issue the original certificate of Bachelor of Optometry in favour of the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of submission of the requisite fee and the application form.

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Civil writ (Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12491 of 2023, Patna High Court, decided 17-06-2025, Anil Kumar Sinha, J). The petitioner, admitted in 2016 to the Bachelor of Ophthalmic Assistant course at Public Health Institute, Patna (subsequently converted into Bachelor of Optometry), completed the course and internship on 06.09.2022 but received only a provisional certificate; the University office declined to accept her application form and requisite fee for the original certificate on the ground that original certificates are issued at convocation, although, as submitted, no convocation had been held by Aryabhatta Knowledge University since its inception. The Court disposed of the writ application directing the petitioner to submit her application form, requisite fee and relevant papers at the University counter within two weeks, and directing the Registrar and other officers of the University to issue the original certificate of Bachelor of Optometry within one month from the date of such submission.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12491 of 2023

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Nidhi Kumari Daughter of Anil Kumar Resident of Mohalla-Mohanpur, New Punaichak, P.S.-Shashtrinagar, District-Patna.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The Vice Chancellor, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna. Bihar.

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The Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

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The Additional Chief Secretary, Health Department,Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

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The Joint Secretary to Government, Health Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.

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The Director, Public Health Institute, near P.M.C.H., Patna.

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The Registrar, Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna. Bihar.

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... ... Respondent/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Birju Prasad ( Gp 13 ) : Mr. Ravi Kumar, Ac to Gp13 : Mr. Akshay Lal Prasad, Ac to Gp13 For the AKU : Mr. Md. Nadim Seraj, Adv. : Mr. Shahbaj Alam, Adv. ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

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7 17-06-2025

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Heard the parties.

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The present application has been filed for a direction to the respondent/Aryabhatta Knowledge University to issue original certificate of Bachelor of Optometry course which the petitioner has completed in the year 2022.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

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petitioner completed Optometry course from Public Health Institute, Patna, and completed the internship also on 06.09.2022, but till date original certificate of Bachelor of

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Patna High Court CWJC No.12491 of 2023(7) dt.17-06-2025 2/3

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Optometry has not been issued to the petitioner. The petitioner had taken admission in the year 2016 in the course of Bachelor of Ophthalmic Assistant in Public Health Institute, Patna. The course, subsequently, was converted into Bachelor of Optometry.

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Learned counsel for the university submits that provisional certificate of Bachelor of Optometry has been provided to the petitioner and if the petitioner applies for grant of original certificate and submits the requisite fee along with photocopy of the provisional certificate, the original certificate of Bachelor of Optometry shall be issued in favor of the petitioner.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner, in reply, submits that he approached the University office but the requisite fee and the application form for grant of original certificate is not being accepted on the ground that original certificate shall be provided in convocation. He further submits that not a single convocation has been held by the University since its inception.

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Considering the nature of prayer made in this writ application and the fact that petitioner is ready to deposit the requisite fee and the application form for grant of original certificate, the petitioner is directed to approach the University

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Patna High Court CWJC No.12491 of 2023(7) dt.17-06-2025 3/3

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and submit his application form and the requisite fee along with relevant papers at the University counter within a period of two weeks. If the petitioner visits the University and submits the relevant papers and the fee at the University counter, the Registrar and the other officers of the University are directed to issue the original certificate in favour of the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of submission of the requisite fee and the application form.

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The present writ application is disposed with the aforesaid direction.

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(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)

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HarshPandey/-

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