Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:41288 Court No. - 7 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 6893 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mansi Singh Respondent :- State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Medical Education U.P. Lko. And 2 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jyotinjay Verma Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Syed Mohammad Haider Rizv Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia,J. 1. Heard the counsel for the petitioner and Sri Shakti Kumar Verma holding brief of Syed Mohd. Haider Rizvy who appears for the respondent no.2. 2. The neat contention of the counsel for the petitioner is that she is a person suffering with Locomotor Disability. It is argued that while filling the form for applying NEET-UG, she could not fill this category as disabled. She, however, based upon the brochure argues that it is still open for the petitioner to claim the benefit of horizontal reservation even if she could not fill the correct category at the time of filling the form, however, the limitation prescribed is that a certificate of disability should be issued by the agency, which is Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. However, the said University would not entertain the request of the petitioner for issuance of a certificate as, the petitioner had inadvertently not fill this category as disabled. 3. Be that as it may, the said aspect whether, the petitioner should be granted the benefit of his disability or not is to be considered at the time of counseling, however, the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi cannot refuse the grant of certificate, if he is otherwise entitled, as such, the present petition is disposed off with direction to the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi that in any case, the petitioner approaches for issuance of a disability certificate, based upon the disability, the said Institute shall process his application and shall grant a certificate, if he is otherwise entitled within two days from approaching the institute concerned. 4. With the said observations, the writ petition stands disposed off. Order Date :- 18.7.2025 VNP/- Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench