SUNDRA SODHA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) By way of this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking directions to the respondents to grant her admission to undergraduate programme leading to Bachelor's Degree in discipline of Mining Engineering [B.E. (Mining)] in the College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur, while extending benefit of reservation under the women category.

(2.) The facts leading to filing of the present petition are that the Board of Technical Education, Rajasthan, issued an advertisement inviting applications from eligible candidates for admission to first year of undergraduate programme in different disciplines of Engineering in government aided and private unaided technical institutions of Rajasthan (except BITS Pilani, MNIT Jaipur and other deemed & private Universities) for the academic session 2014-15 through Rajasthan Pre-Engineering

(3.) The petitioner being eligible to participate in RPET-2014 filled up the application form online and appeared in the examination. The result of RPET-2014 was declared wherein the petitioner secured 34 marks out of 120. She was placed in the General merit at serial no.27654 and at serial no.4750 in the merit list of category General (Female). After declaration of the result, the second respondent-Coordinator, RPET-2014, issued instructions for filling up online option forms for securing admission in different disciplines of Engineering. Pursuant thereto, the petitioner filled up online option form giving preference regarding admission in different disciplines of Engineering as also the institutions. The petitioner had given preference for admission in various branches of engineering courses conducted by the College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur, the fourth respondent herein. The petitioner had given second option for mining branch under Self Finance Seat (SFS) and ninth option for mining branch under Government Aided Seats (GAS). After filling up online option form, the respondent issued institution-wise seat matrix for RPET-2014 in respect of various institutions.