SOUMYA KU MOHAPATRA Vs. STATE OF ORISSA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner has filed this writ application for a mandamus to the opposite parties to admit him in the First Year B.Tech Degree course basing on the Joint Entrance Examination (in short, "JEE") Ranking of 2011.

(2.) THE bone of contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner being a diploma holder in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering Branch having secured First Division applied for the Orissa Joint Entrance Examination, 2011 under the General Engineering Course Code. THE petitioner filled up the application form indicating Course Code No.01 which stands for General Engineering and showed qualification as Diploma Holder, necessary Admit Card was issued for General Engineering and he secured good rank in terms of Rank Card under the General Engineering. On the petitioner securing good rank in General Engineering, he was called for counselling at Khallikote College, Berhampur. However, he was turned down to take admission in the First Year B.Tech on the ground of being not eligible for First Year B.Tech as he does not possess the minimum eligibility criterion, i.e., 10+2 Examination or the equivalent Examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and the applicant should have scored 50% marks as per Clause- 4.1.1 of the Brochure.