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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 21895 of 2025 Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.
HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.
1. Heard Sri Prabha Shanker Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondent, Sri Fuzail Ahmad Ansari, learned counsel for the respondent no.2 and Sri Vivek Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 1 and 4. 2. The petitioner by means of the present writ petition has prayed for the following relief:-
"(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of CERTIORARI to quash the alleged OMR Sheet dated 3.6.2025 and score card dated 14.6.2025 (Annexure No.5 and 5A to the writ petition) issued and uploaded by respondent no.2 for NEET (UG) Examination-2025 of the petitioner bearing application no.250410795741, Roll No.4505101243, Test Booket No. 116101939, Test Booklet Code- 47 Registered Email I.D.: diptitripathi1001@gmail.com, registered mobile no. 8449799781 and summoned the entire record pertaining to the petitioner i.e. original copy of OMR sheet, carbon copy OMR sheet, of attendance sheet for adjudication of the present case. (ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS commanding and directing the respondent no.2 to issue the OMR Sheet upon which the thumb impression of petitioner has been put including its carbon copy bearing application nо. 250410795741, Roll No.4505101243, Test Booket No. 116101939, Test Booklet Code- 47 and further direct the respondent no.2 to declare the result accordingly of the petitioner and consequently permit the petitioner to appear in counseling process for admission with regard to the NEET (UG) Examination-2025 result."
3. The petitioner appeared in the NEET (UG) Examination-2025 at Haridwar Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Neetu Singh, Prabha Shanker Pandey Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., C.S.C., Fuzail Ahmad Ansari, Vivek Kumar Singh Dipti .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 4 Others .....Respondent(s)
and the office of the examination conducting body, i.e., respondent no. 2 National Testing Agency is situated at New Delhi. Therefore, neither the cause of action, wholly or in part, has occurred within the territorial jurisdiction of this Court, nor is the respondent authority located within such jurisdiction. 4. In such view of the fact, this Court does not have territorial jurisdiction to entertain the present writ petition. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate Court having territorial jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
October 17, 2025 Gaurav WRIC No. 21895 of 2025 2 (Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.) (Saral Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- GAURAV PATEL High Court of Judicature at Allahabad