SOUTRIK SARANGI Vs. IIT KHARAGPUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner, a first year student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, aspires to re-join the same institute in a different stream and he seeks permission to appear in the entrance examination once again.

(2.) The petitioner appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination (Main), 2020 and on the basis of the percentile obtained by him he became qualified and eligible to appear in the JEE (Advanced), 2020. He scored rank 4015 which was not up to his expectation. He has given reasons for not getting a better rank. He however participated in the counselling process for admission in the institute and got himself admitted in the Chemical Engineering Dual Course.

(3.) The petitioner intends to appear in JEE, 2021 once again but the eligibility criteria for appearing in JEE (Advanced), 2021 stands in the way. It mentions that a candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years irrespective of whether or not he passed the qualifying examination. The candidate who had taken admission in any institute other than IITs in 2020 is eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced), 2021 provided the candidate satisfies other eligibility criteria.