18.08.2026 Sl. no. DL 189 Court No. 25 Asraf, A.R.(Ct.) In the High Court at Calcutta Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Case No. WPA 21867 of 2026 In the matter of : SAHIDUL SK … Petitioner VS. THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS. … Respondents For the Petitioner : Mr. Enamul Islam Ms. Ambiya Khatun Ms. Sabnam Mostari … Advocates For the Respondent / ECI : Ms. Anamika Pandey … Advocate For the Respondent / State : Mr. Anindya Basu Ms. Oisani Mukherjee … Advocates 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has cleared the NEET UG 2026 examination and the counseling of the petitioner is going on for getting admission in the MBBS Course. The respondent authorities are not providing Domicile Certificate to the petitioner as the name of the petitioner has been deleted from the Voters List Portal. He submits that the petitioner has already applied before the Appellate Tribunal and the same is pending. He prays for a direction upon the Appellate Tribunal to dispose of the appeal as early as possible and pending disposal of the appeal, the authorities may be directed to issue the Domicile Certificate subject to the result of the appeal pending before the Appellate Authority. Page 2 2. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court finds that the petitioner is an aspiring candidate for getting seat in the MBBS Course but due to the deletion of the his name from the Voters List, the authorities are not providing the Domicile Certificate. 3. Accordingly, the authorities are directed to provide the Domicile Certificate immediately on temporary basis with an undertaking by the petitioner that if the petitioner fails to succeed in the appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, the petitioner will surrender the Domicile Certificate granted to the petitioner and he will not claim the seat, if any seat is allotted to the petitioner in MBBS Course. 4. In view of the above, the Appellate Tribunal is directed to dispose of the appeal as early as possible, preferably within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of this order. 5. All parties shall act on the basis of server copy of this order duly downloaded from the official website of this Court. 6. Urgent photostat certified copies of this order, if applied for, be given to the parties upon compliance of all necessary formalities. ( Krishna Rao, J. )