$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010417362026 + W.P.(C) 12890/2026 SACHIN ARORA ....Petitioner Through: versus UNIVERSITY OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Adv Mohinder Rupal Adv Hardik Rupal Adv Aishwarya Malhotra Adv Tripta Sharma CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 14.09.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayers:- “A. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, including a writ in the nature of Mandamus, directing Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to jointly and expeditiously process and complete the correction application submitted by the Petitioner on 01.09.2026, and to carry out the requisite correction of the Petitioner’s personal particulars in all relevant B.A. Programme/School of Open Learning/University of Delhi records by recording his Date of Birth as 02.01.2001, father’s name as Vikas Dargan and mother’s name as Komal Dargan, wherever maintained or reflected, by completing all institutional verification, examination, certification, inter- 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 19/09/2026 at 11:52:18 departmental processing and other consequential formalities falling within their respective domains, without requiring the Petitioner to undertake inter-departmental coordination; B. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to thereafter issue to the Petitioner fresh and corrected B.A. Degree, Provisional Certificate, Statement of Marks and all other consequential physical, electronic and digital academic records/documents, and to correspondingly update the corrected particulars in all enrolment, examination, student and University databases maintained by them, within a period of seven days, or within such other short and definite period as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper, without deferring the same merely on account of internal administrative procedure, movement of records between different branches or the stated normal processing period of approximately 60 days. C. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing Respondent No.4/Maharshi Dayanand University to, upon production/submission of the corrected B.A./University of Delhi records and compliance with such lawful procedural requirements as may be prescribed, carry out the corresponding correction in the Petitioner’s LL.B. Degree, semester-wise Detailed Marks Cards, registration, examination and all connected academic records within a period of seven days, by correcting the father’s name from “Vikas Arora” to “Vikas Dargan”, the mother’s name from 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 19/09/2026 at 11:52:18 “Kamal Arora” to “Komal Dargan”, and by recording the Petitioner’s correct Date of Birth as 02.01.2001, wherever maintained, and thereafter to correspondingly update and incorporate the same corrected particulars in the Petitioner’s ongoing LL.M. admission, registration, enrolment and all connected physical, electronic and digital University records within the same period of seven days. ...” 2. Mr. Rupal, learned counsel for the respondent Nos. 1 to 3, states that the present petition shall be treated as a representation and the same shall be considered and decided by the respondents in accordance with its extant rules, regulations and guidelines. 3. There is nobody appearing on behalf of the respondent No. 4. 4. I am of the view that the aforesaid course of action is reasonable. 5. The respondents are hereby directed to consider the writ petition as a representation and decide the same in accordance with its rules, regulations and guidelines, expeditiously and not later than 4 weeks from today. 6. With the aforesaid directions, the petition is disposed of. JASMEET SINGH, J SEPTEMBER 14, 2026/AS 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 19/09/2026 at 11:52:18