Disposed

Gursimran Singh v. State of Punjab and Ors.

Punjab & Haryana HC25 Aug 2009CWP/12023/2009

Case brief

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What is this about?

The High Court of Punjab and Haryana quashed a notice allowing admission on the basis of entrance exams without prior notification of vacancy availability to CET/AIEEE candidates, holding it violated Article 14 by denying their right to seek admission.

What did the court decide?

Quashed the notification dated 4.8.2009 and action taken thereon. Directed the University to issue a public notice declaring unfilled vacancies and give first consideration to CET/AIEEE candidates.

Gursimran Singh Vs State of Punjab and Ors. — Education and Admissions | Punjab & Haryana HC (2009)

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1 WP No 12024of2009 Date
Singh Mahal 8cothers Petitioners
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StateofPunjab8i others Respondents
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CORAMe HONBLE MRJUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI
Present Mr PS Dhaliwal Advocate
Mr Arun Bansal Advocate
CJ Mr Amrit Paul Advocate
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Petitioners^are aggrievedof^notice dated482009^issued bythe

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Punjab^Technical Jalandhar publishedin The Tribune for

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for admission^to l year ofBTechlBPharmaon Sahil Soni the 2016.03.21 12:24 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document examination 1042^or diplomain

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Vide the aforesaid notification the dates for

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Thesedates^were however postponedand^a freshnotice hasbeenissued on 9S2009 publishedⁱⁿ Sunday^Tribune whereby^{thefreshdatesof} for the^same categoriesof candidates^were notitled from 4 112009 to 1782009

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Petitioners¹¹¹ all these petitions^are desirous of seeking admissionin Courses The Stateof Punjabissued notification for CommonEntranceTeste2009 herein afler referredto as CET 20091for admissionin in^{the State} 4 of 1 Punjab^The issued^tn various news papers and a prospectus mode^terms and conditionsfor the CET was also issued The eligibilityconditionsfor appearancein CET2009 as notied WS haVin Passed1042examination^or appearedjn the said examination in Science streamwith EnglishPhysics and Mathematics All the petitionersappliedln theprescribedform and^were allottedroll numbers theyappearedln the CET2009 The rank of the petitioners in CWP No 12024 of 2009 is 1951 9199 4363 and 4206 Generalrank of petitionerin CWP No 12023 of 2009 in the CETe2009 1S rr 5294 In CWP No 12025generalrank is 2997 whereasin CWP No 12204 of^2009therank of^the petitioneris⁶⁰¹⁷ no2 was appointed as the to conduct CETe2009examinationvide PunjabGovt^{Notitlcationdated2732009Annexure} P21 in^respect of^the

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and ArchitectureDegreeCoursesand in respect DegreeCourse

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for

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the CET was to be conducted for

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admission^to Technical JalandharGuru Nanak Dev Amritsar PunjabiUniversity Patiala and PunjabAgricultural Ludhiana The eligibility criterion^1S prescribedin part B of the prospectusfor CE12009 It is providedthatfor admission^to Courses85010seats shall be openedto the candidatesfrom within the State and 15Io to candidatesfrom^outside the State For admission^to degree^level Courses certain generalconditions have been prescribedThe conditionsrelevantfor the purposesof thesepetitionsare hereunder

Gneral Conditions

iv in CET2009 shall^be for students seats under 85Io quota reserved for unjab^residents Students seats under15Ioquotareserved for outsidePunjabcandidates are required^to take up AIEEE they^are exemptedfrom CET2009 If a beconsideredfor

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15Iocategory

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vl Admissions^tothe and Architecture courses bothfor 85Io^seats for resident and 15Io seats for outsidersshall be made strictlyOIl the basisof CET2009 and AIEEE 2009 andⁱⁿ case eats not beingfilled be considered^on any of the two entrance examinationsIf the candidates from entranceexaminationie CETIAIEEE^are

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not availablethe dmission

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examination

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vil for 85Ioseatsfor Punjabresidentsshallbe

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taken up flrst followed by for 15 0Io^seats for outsidePunjab candidates for 85010General Categorywill be held first followedby for reservedcategory

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for 150Io^seats for generalcategorywill be held first followedbycounsellingfor^reserve category^For150Io category^seats vacant iri 850Ioquotawill be transfenedto 150Ioquotain the respectivecategory^as Seats still remainingunfilled under reserve and generalcategory^even atler^theend of shall be transferred^to managementquota^seats under the reserve and generalcategory

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The will^makea public^{noticetothisefYect} clearly^theno of^seatsvacant ln eachreserve category and andfill generalcategory the seats in that very categoryonly if^{stillthe seats remainvacantin} Aller the abovesaid categorythe can fill it from candidatesbelonging to category to such unfilledlvacantseats as well as 12 quotashall b and finalizedwithin 15 daysof the last^date No^{extensionshallbe} under any of counselling

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circumstances

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xvo^Non fee of Rs 2500 ees Two 8 Five Hundred will^be collectedby^the Universityas fee from^{each studenteverytimethe} appearsfor in of Managementquota^no counsellingfee case of

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will^be charged

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and appearancein AIEEE is for those^students who claim^seats under 15Io quota reserved for outsidePunjabcandidates Clause lrther provides^{that the admissiontothe} and Architecture Courses both for 85010and 150Ioseats shall be madestrictly^on the basis of the CET2009 and AIEEE2009 It is 6lrther prescribedthat if the candidates from entranceexamination ie CETIAIEEE are not available the admission^can be made^on the basis of inter se merit in 1 examination Clause Ii further laysdown that the counselling to fi11up 85Io seats for Punjabresidentsshall be taken up 6rst followed by for 150Io^seats for outside the Punjabcandidatesand similarly eWthe for General Categorywill be held first followed by for reserved It is furtherprovidedthat the seats still unfilled under respectivecategories6generaland reserved9aer theend of shallbe transferred1^to quota^seats under the respectivecategoriesThere^is another^condition in^thesame clause which^requires the to make^a publicnotice irdicating thenumberof^seats vacant in eachcategoryie reservedand general aRerthe and if seats remain vacant in reservedcategory the same^can be filledup from generalcategory Clause ixl of the prospectus dealswith the^seats fallingvacant aflercounsellingor any dropout vacancyY and for filling^up of such^seats under^the quota the criteriaof admission In terms of clausexvOreferredto above acandidate

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for^appearance in^each counselling

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The noluniversity^notifiedthe l

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vide^{its notice} on 72009 The l roundofonline

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for admission^to BTechlBhannacyfor collegesaffiliatedⁱⁿ the State for 85Io and 15Io seats^was to be held between972009 to 13e702009and secondround of for 85Io^{seats was} scheduled^to be held between30009 to 1372009 and second round of against^{15Ioquotawastobescheduleedbetween} 482009^to 52009 It is relevant^tonote that this was fixed for candidateswho had lll CETe20091AIEEE2009 and was lIl respect^to all the located in the Stateof Punjaband affiliated to Punjab Technical UniversityJalandhar Guru Nanak Dev UniversityAmritsar Punjab Ludhiana and PunjabiUniversityPatiala 4 Though^{thenotificationwasissued} onlyby^{the PTlJ} Jalandhar^asa Nodal Agency^Thisnotice was followed by another notice dated 972009 besides notifyingthe secondround of online direct counsellingwas also notified for BTechIBArchitecture1 and Bharmacy So far^as the online counsellingfor 850Io^seats is concemed it^wasto be held between17772009^to 1972009 andagainst15Io quotabetween292009 to 3172009 and direct counsellingwasto be held for various categories 1032009 to 1372009 for candidates who ln It^was also notified that the direct counsellingwill also be^heldon62009 for the stud6nts^on the basis of 1042 examination TechIBPhannacyfrom900 AM onwards

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The^{aforesaidnotificationwasfollowed} by^{anothernotice dated}

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482009 in Dainik^Bhaskar in^{itsissue dated} 482009 whereby it has beennotified that counsellingfor^{admission tothe courses} in question will be^on the basisof inter^se merit in the examinatiot1042

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The petitionerswho appearedin CET2009 are seekingthe quasnt of^the aforesaid^noticeand a testrained ordel not to hold

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on the basis of 1042 examination^or diploma¹¹¹ unlessthe studentslikpetitionerswho appearedin CEI20091AIEEE^are pennittedto seek admission It is contended tlt petitionershave not beenprovidedchanceatler the second and without them the the availablevacancies are being filled up^on the basisof 10 examination^or diplomain Engineeringand Phannacyie the examination in contraventionto the prospectus e thadvertisementnotice^as also in violationof the rightsof^the petitioners^{Videvariousinterimorders} passedby^thisCourt

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were permittedto participate111 the counselling and the

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were directed not to declarethe result till further orders

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Asa of^the aforesaid^orders passedby^thisCourt in^these writ petitions^the petitionershave been to in the Mr Amrit Paul leamedcounselappearing the on the basis oftheir counselling

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has Oled its reply It is soughtto be that thecandidateswho had in CETIAIEEE2009^have been lll tworoundsof1 and onlythereaRer thecandidates^on thebasis of the qualifyingexaminationhave been notified for The have referredto the notificationdated wherein the schedulefor second online counsellinghas been

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for the candidateswhowho have not appearedin the CETIAIEEEe2009 wef 6S200911 It is arguedby arguedbyMr Paul^on behalfof the that the aforesaidnotice is sufficient indication that^no candidate who has appearedin CETIAIEEE has^come forward for counsellingand thus the available vacancies^are beingfilled up byprovidingthe to the candidates^on the basisof the quali6Tingexaminationin terms of clause of^the general^conditions of^{GovtNotification} dated 272009 which permit^the admissions^on the basis of inter se merit in the examinationifthe^seats from^entrance examination ie CETIAIEEE are not

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available 3 99r It is^{contendedthat} after^{thenotification} of C72009 the notificationdated 82009^has been^issued for holdingcounsellingon the basis of the examination which has been in^the presentwritpetition Mr Paul has also referred^to the Press Note dated 3S2009^{Annexure Re213issuedinthis} regard

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The shortgrievanceof the is that under the the first has beengiven^to the candidateswho have in CEe2009 and and it is onlywhen^no candidate who has in CETIAIEEE2009is^4lw 1 availableunfilled^vacancies 7 the^{basis ofthe qualifyinexamination Itis argued} on

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Call be filled up on behalfof^the that atlerthe 1 counselling^the 1 did not noti67the^vacancies and^thecourses nor even it was communicatedby^any public^{notice thatno} for CETIAIEEE candidateswill be after the second counsellingand without providing to the who^have in CE009 Sahil Soni 2016.03.21 12:24 the^{seats arebeingfilled up ina clandestinemannerfromthecandidates} I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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who did not appearin CETIAIEEE2009 The petitionershave also referred to the press note issued by no 1 wherein it is rnentionedthatthe to be held on 62009 to 82009 on the basisofthe quali6ingexaminationhasbeen keepingin view the lnterests of candidatesand due to the fact that colleges1 had created mess informationof the^seat allotment It is thus arguedthat the had no information^aboutthe of^the coursesand^seats afterthesecond as it was never notified This position^isadmitted by^Mr Paul on behalf of that afler the second counsellingthe availability of the slcourses^was nevernotifted It is also admittedpositionthat after the secondcounsellingor evenpriorto that the universitynever notifled that for hlrthercounsellingaRer the two roundsof therewill be^no the^counselling for the candidates who have appearedin CETIAIEEE2009 In the firstnotice dated 762009 online counsellingfor flrst and secondt from 972009 to 1372009 Irst round and from 2372009 to secondroundlagainst85010quotaandfrom 82009 to 52009 round against15010quotahasbeen notifled There is^no or tha there will be^no counsellingthereafter Even after the aforesaidcounsellingwas when secondnotice dated 92009 was issued onlinecounsellinganddirect counsellingthenumber Inthe second^{noticeitself the} has been ordered^on the basisof 10402 and other examinationsand^a schedulehas been fixed vide the notice dated482009^At no stageit was revealedthat there are1 Sahil Soni 4 n vacanciesin any of theinstitutions^nor thecandidateswho have 2016.03.21 12:24 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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in CETIAIEEE2009 were giventhe last chance or communicated that there will be^no counsellingfor^{themafterthesecond} counselling Clause iv of the prospectusclearlyprovidesfor^{admission onthe basis} of

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andAIEEE only Thoughunder clause the admission^on the basisof examination is subjectto the conditions that no candidate who has in CETIAIEEE is available Since neither the were even notified afterthe^second counselling^nor a orpublic^notice general was issuedto enablethe CETIAIEEE candidatesto seek againstthe availablevacanciesit cannot be said that^no candidateis available when it is a known fact that a large 4 nuter^{ofcandidatesappearinCETIAIEEE}

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In view of the circumstances the petitionershave been deniedthe of seeking^their for admissionagainst the available^{vacancieseven} thoughtheyhave^a rightbeing CETIAIEEE^examineesas againstthe who^are beingadmitted the^basis of qualifying The have^violatedthe on for^{consideration} otherthanmerit^as

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el vacancies^are to befilled up underthe quota

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is^no anotherimportantaspect^In the^flrst notice^the counselling^was notifledfor all^the institutions^ln the^State of Punjab1 afllliated^to TechnicalUniverslty Guru Nanak Dev Amritsar Punjabi Patialaand Punjab Ludhiana the notification is for 1 counsellingonly^{forPunjabTechnical} Jalandhar affiliated Nothingis mentioned^as to^how the counselling^or the Sahil Soni beconducted 2016.03.21 12:24 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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How^{the seats} in collegesaffiliated^{toother universities} will^be filled is not known This^amountsto on the part of the Punjab Technical Jalandharand the eligibleinterestedcandidateshave been deprivedfrom seekingadmission through for the b affiliated^to otheruniversities Action of is in contraventionofthe mandateofArticle 14 ofConstitutionofIndia

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In view of the abovecircumstances the notiflcation dated482009 and the action of to hold on the basis of examination 1042 examination or diploma^lIl without first the list of candidatesfrom the CETIAIEEE examinees 1S hereby quashed are directedto issue a publicnotice the number of unfilled vacancieslcourses1I1 all the institutions located in the State of Punjaband afllliated^to the concerned universities forthwithand give^first to such of the candidates who have appearedin CETIAIEEE2009for seeking^{consideration} for^admission against^850loand 15010quotaby fixinga cut off date If after grantingadmission to CETIAIEEE candidatesany seal remain unfilled the admission rnay^{bemadeonthebasisofthe} qualiling^examination

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