- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 3RD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR WRIT PETITION NO. 22673 OF 2025 (EDN-RES) BETWEEN: MASTER VEDANTH B G AGED ABOUT 11 YEARS, S/O PUNEETH KUMARI B S @ PUNITHKUMARI B S SINCE MINOR REP BY HIS MOTHER (NATURAL GUARDIAN). SMT PUNEETH KUMARI B .S. @ PUNITHKUMARI B S, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, W/O GURUMALLESH B, R/AT NO.72, BETTADASATHENAHALLI VILLAGE, MAVINAKERE POST, HALLIKOTHE HOBLI, HOLENARASIPURA TALUK, HASSAN DISTRICT-573 211. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. ABHISHEK.R. HUDDAR, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE PRINCIPAL PM SHRI SCHOOL JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA, HASSAN, MAVINAKERE POST, HOLENARASIPURA TALUK, HASSAN-573 211. 2. DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL, EDUCATION AND LITERACY, MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT, SHASTRI BHAVAN, DR RAJENDRA PRASAD ROAD, KARTHAVYA PATH AREA, NEW DELHI-110 001. Digitally signed by CHANDANA B M Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 3. OFFICE OF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER HASSAN DISTRICT, B M ROAD, HASSAN-573 201. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. RESHMA THAMMAIAH, CGC FOR R-1 SRI. NAGARAJA HEGDE, CGC FOR R-2 SRI. MANJUNATH.K, HCGP FOR R-3) THIS W.P IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR ANY OTHER ORDER OR DIRECTION TO THE RESPONDENT NO.1 TO ADMIT/REINSTATE THE PETITIONER INTO CLASS VI, AT THE RESPONDENT NO.1 SCHOOL FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-26, AS PER ANNEXURE C. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR ORAL ORDER In this petition, petitioner seeks the following reliefs: “ i) Issue a writ of Mandamus or any other order or direction to the Respondent No. to Admit/reinstate the Petitioner into Class VI, at the Respondent No.1 school for the Academic year 2025-26, as per Annexure-C; ii) Declare the cancellation of the Admission of the Petitioner by the Respondent No.1 vide Annexure-F, is arbitrary illegal and violative of Constitution of India; iii) Direct the Respondents to take all necessary steps to enable the Petitioner to continue his education at - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 Respondent No.1 School without further delay or interruption; iv) Pass such other orders as this Court deems fit in the interest of justice and equity.” 2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents and perused the material on record. 3. A perusal of the material on record will indicate that the petitioner, studied Class 1 to 5 in Morarji Desai Residential School, Baraguru, Hassan District, applied for admission to first respondent – School and obtained 82.5% in the entrance examination. The petitioner applied for admission to the 1st respondent – School under Holenarasipura Block (Block 7), pursuant to which, 1st respondent issued a communication dated 11.07.2025 to the petitioner intimating him that the petitioner had been provisionally admitted into Class 6 in the 1st respondent – School. It is the grievance of the petitioner that in pursuance of the said provisional admission, petitioner obtained Transfer Certificate from his earlier School i.e., Morarji Desai Residential School and approached the 1st respondent, who cancelled the provisional admission of the petitioner by issuing the impugned communication at Annexure-F - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 dated 19.07.2025 cancelling the provisional admission on the ground that the petitioner was a student of Morarji Desai Residential School which was located in Holenarasipura Block but had obtained provisional admission for Hassan Block by mentioning / stating in his application that he was applying for Hassan Block which was factually incorrect, as a result of which, the provisional admission of the petitioner was cancelled. Under these circumstances, the petitioner is before this Court by way of the present petition. 4. Learned counsel for the respondent Nos.1 and 2 filed statement of objections as well as the memo dated 03.11.2025 enclosing a copy of details of candidates of both Holenarasipura Block (Block 7) and Hassan Block (Block 6) and submits that there is no merit in the petition and the same is liable to be dismissed since the petitioner who was entitled to get admission into Holenarasipura Block had incorrectly/erroneously applied for Hassan Block and due to oversight and inadvertence, the 1st respondent had provisionally admitted the petitioner to Hassan Block and after verification, it transpired that the petitioner was not entitled to get admitted under Hassan Block since he came under - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 Holenarasipura Block and accordingly, the 1st respondent cancelled the provisional admission of the petitioner, who is not entitled to any relief in the present petition, which is liable to be dismissed. 5. Before adverting to the rival contentions, it is necessary to refer to the details of the students of both Holenarasipura Block and Hassan Block, which are as under: HOLENARASIPURA BLOCK(BLOCK 7) TOTAL NUMBER OF SEATS:16 Sl.No. Name of the Student Categ ory % Selected Quota Remarks 1. Mithun OBC 96.25 Open Unreserved Selected & Admitted 2. Dhanvitha G.L OBC 91.25 Open OBC Selected & Admitted 3. Tanvika G.M. OBC 91.25 Open OBC Selected & Admitted 4. Achyuth B.K SC 91.25 Open Unreserved Selected & Admitted 5. Shreyas S.L OBC 91.25 Rural OBC Selected & Admitted 6. Druvith T.R SC 86.25 Rural SC Selected & Admitted 7. Mithun.M.K SC 86.25 Rural SC Selected & Admitted 8. Chandrakanth a H.N. OBC 83.75 Rural OBC Selected & Admitted 9. Maneeth P SC 83.75 Rural SC Selected & Admitted 10. Harshika.A SC 83.75 Rural SC Selected & Admitted 11. Mownaroopa H.P SC 80 Rural SC Selected & Admitted 12. Sanvi S SC 77.5 Rural SC Selected & Admitted - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 13. Parivarthana SC 77.5 Rural SC Selected & Admitted 14. Indrajith.A Gener al 92.5 Rural Open Selected & Admitted 15. Bhoomika D Nanda Gener al 91.25 Rural Open Selected & Admitted 16. Ruchitha Y.S Gener al 91.25 Rural Open Selected & Admitted 16. Bhoditha G Y Gener al 90 Rural Open If Ruchitha Y.S. takes TC then Bodhitha will be considered under Rural Open Category 16. Deekshitha T.M. Gener al 87.5 Rural Open If Bodhitha is also unwilling to join then Deekshitha T.M. will be considered under same Rural Open Category. HASSAN BLOCK (BLOCK 6) Sl.No. Name of the Student Category Selected Quota % Remarks 1. Bandhavya L Gowda General Open Unreserved 95 Selected & Admitted 2. Naman G Gowda General Rural Open 93.75 Selected & Admitted 3. Punarv R SC Open Unreserved 93.75 Selected & Admitted 4. Abhignya Shri Jaishanavi General Open Unresrved 93.75 Selected & Admitted 5. Vivek Y.R SC Open SC 92.5 Selected & Admitted 6. Shrinidhi N.K SC Open SC 90 Selected & Admitted 7. Jaanav A Gowda OBC Rural Open 87.5 Selected & Admitted - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 8. Sanvi Raksha N OBC Rural Open 87.5 Selected & Admitted 9. Chiranth.D ST Rural Open 86.25 Selected & Admitted 10. Prathiksha M Gowda OBC Rural OBC 85 Selected & Admitted 11. Dushyanth Gowda.M OBC Rural OBC 85 Selected & Admitted 12. Rohith Nayak J Y ST Rural ST 80 Selected & Admitted 13. Varnitha K.R OBC Open Diabled 77.5 Selected & Admitted 14. Spandana J ST Rural ST 76.25 Selected & Admitted 15. Parichitha M.U General Rural Open 83.75 Got rejected due to Block Discrepancy. 16. Vedanth B.G General Rural Open 82.5 In place of Patichitha M U we called Vedanth B.G for provisional Admission. 16. Vinushree T OBC Rural Open 82.5 If vedanth B.G. goes Vinushree T will be considered for provisional admission 16. Dharmik.U OBC Rural Open 81.25 If vinushree T is unwilling to join then Dharmic U will be considered. 6. As rightly contended by learned counsel for the respondent Nos.1 and 2, having regard to the undisputed fact that the petitioner was earlier a student of Morarji Desai Residential School which came under Holenarasipura Block, petitioner was not - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:44276 WP No. 22673 of 2025 entitled to apply for admission to Hassan Block nor obtain admission to the 1st respondent – School under Hassan Block; it follows therefrom that the respondent Nos.1 and 2 were fully justified in correcting their inadvertent error in admitting the petitioner to the 1st respondent – School on the erroneous/incorrect premise/basis that he came under Hassan Block, which is factually incorrect as can be seen from the material on record, which clearly indicate that the petitioner came under Holenarasipura Block and not under Hassan Block. Under these circumstances, I am of the considered opinion that the respondent Nos.1 and 2 were fully justified in cancelling the admission of the petitioner and consequently, I do not find any merit in the present petition, which is accordingly dismissed. Sd/- (S.R.KRISHNA KUMAR) JUDGE SV/MDS List No.: 3 Sl No.: 0