$~44 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4689/2026 SIMRAN BANSAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Tushar Sannu, Mr. Priyankar Tiwary, Ms. Pulak Gupta Joshi, Advs. versus NETAJI SUBHASH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Nidhi Raman, Mr. Akash Mishra, Mr. Arnav Mittal, Advs. for R-1&3/ NSUT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 23.07.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayers :- “i. Issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction, quashing the award of the Gold Medal granted to Respondent No. 5 for the M.Tech (Bioinformatics) batch 2021-2023; ii. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing Respondent Nos. 1 and 3 to recompute the CGPA of Respondent No. 5 strictly in accordance with the applicable Regulations after excluding the dissertation marks awarded on the basis of This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/07/2026 at 15:19:44 publication in the journal “YMER”; and to redetermine the final merit position of the said batch and declare the revised merit list; iii. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing Respondent Nos. 1 and 3 to declare the Petitioner as the highest scorer and award the Gold Medal to the Petitioner, if found entitled upon such recomputation; iv. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing Respondent No. 2 to dispose of the Petitioner's pending grievance in a timebound manner; v. Issue a writ of Mandamus directing Respondent No. 4 (University Grants Commission) to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and directions of this Hon'ble Court; vi. Award costs of the present petition for gross injustice; and…” 2. The brief facts are that the petitioner was a student of M.Tech (Bioinformatics) at the respondent No. 1 namely, Netaji Subhas University of Technology (“NSUT”) for the academic session 2021-2023. 3. As per the petitioner, in the 4th and last semester, the respondent No. 5 was awarded a CGPA of 10 only upon the submission of a research paper published in the ‘YMER’ journal. 4. When the results of the final semester were announced, the respondent No. 1 University issued a tentative list of Gold Medal awardees, wherein the respondent No. 5 was awarded the Gold Medal This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/07/2026 at 15:19:44 in M.Tech (Bioinformatics). 5. Subsequently, the petitioner got to know that the thesis of respondent No. 5 was rejected on the ground that the respondent No. 5’s article had been published in the ‘YMER’ journal, which was improper as the said journal was a “cloned journal”. 6. Thereafter, the respondent No. 1 University corrected the mistake and the petitioner was declared as the topper of 2023 batch of M.Tech (Bioinformatics). 7. Ms. Raman, learned panel counsel appearing on behalf of respondent No. 1 University, has handed over a schedule dated 06.07.2026, which contains the list of dates of the meetings to be convened by the Senate, the Finance Committee and the Board of Management of the respondent No. 1 University. As per this schedule, the Senate is to meet on 07.08.2026, the Finance Committee is to meet on 17.08.2026 and the Board of Management is to meet on 02.09.2026. Only after the scheduled meetings of the aforesaid committees, the petitioner would be entitled to be considered for the said gold medal. 8. I am of the view that the petitioner is a topper and hence entitled to the Gold Medal in M.Tech (Bioinformatics). The petitioner has been waiting for the last three years for recognition of her hardwork and effort, which for no fault of the petitioner has been denied to her. 9. It is expected and hoped that the Senate, Finance Committee and the Board of Management of the respondent No. 1 University shall consider the case of the petitioner on the respective dates of their meetings and award the gold medal to the petitioner. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/07/2026 at 15:19:44 10. With these directions, the petition is disposed of, granting liberty to the petitioner to revive the same in case the medal is not awarded. JASMEET SINGH, J JULY 23, 2026/sp This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/07/2026 at 15:19:44