ANJALI VERMA (MINOR) Vs. GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) IN this position, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing or order dated 26.8.2000 (Annexure P.9) passed by the Chairman, Selection Committee & Principal, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College, Faridkot (respondent No. 3) cancelling the admission of the petitioner to M.B.B.S. Course Session 2000.

(2.) FOR admission to the M.B.B.S./B.D.S./B.A.M.S. (Ayurvedacharya) courses for the session 2000 in the three State Medical Colleges, two State Denial Colleges and Government Ayurvedic College, Patiala, Guru Nanak Dev University (respondent No. 1) conducted the Punjab Medical Entrance Test -2000 (hereinafter referred to as 'PMET -2000'). The father of the petitioner is employed in Indian Air Force and at present holds the rank of Wing Commander having headquarters CAC(U), Indian Air Force at Bamrauli (Allahabad) U.P. He was given the award of Vishisht Sewa Medal by the President of India as per notification dated 26.1.1992 published in Part -I, Section 1 of the Gazette of India dated 4.7.1992. 1% of the seats have been reserved for the children/widows of defence personnel killed or disabled to the extent of 50% or more in action, wards of gallantry awardees as per Annexure -G and children of the serving defence personnel/Ex -servicemen as per Annexure -G of the prospects for PMET -2000 by respondent No. 1, Claiming herself to be the ward of gallantry awardees, the petitioner applied for admission to M.B.B.S. course by submitting application along with the required supporting documents for appearing in PMET -2000 under the reserve category. She secured rank 4017 in the written examination conducted by respondent No. 1. She was called for counselling on 1.8.2000 by respondent No. 3. All the documents, on the basis of which admission was sought by the petitioner, were scrutinised by respondent No. 3. Thereafter, she was granted admission. She had deposited the necessary fee on 5.8.2000. Soon thereafter, she received show' -cause notice dated 17.8.2000 (Annexure -P.7) from respondent No. 3 wherein she was informed that Vishisht Sewa Medal does not figure in the list of Gallantry Awards awarded by the President of India and also in terms of the list of Gallantry Awards mentioned in Annexure -G of the prospectus. It was also stated in the said notice that she has obtained admission by misrepresentation and misleading the Selection Committee by furnishing false information/certificate and for that reason her candidature was liable to be rejected. She submitted a detailed reply dated 23.8.2000 to the Principal, Government Medical College, Amritsar (respondent No. 4). Finding no merit in the reply filed, the same was rejected and admission granted to the petitioner in Government Medical College, Amritsar was cancelled with immediate effect on 26.8.2000. Action of the respondents in cancelling her admission has been challenged in this writ petition on the ground that there was no concealment on her part when she submitted her application along with the documents for admission to the M.B.B.S. course to respondent No. 1, she has specifically stated therein that she was claiming admission under reserve category as her father has been awarded Gallantry Award of Vishisht Sewa Medal and for the laxity on the part of the respondents in not properly scrutinising the application and documents submitted by the petitioner, she cannot be allowed to suffer because, at this state, she is not in a position to gel admission in any other course in any institution.

(3.) WE have heard learned counsel for the parties and gone through the record of the writ petition.