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This is a case in which a student of 18 years has been denied his right to pursue his dream of becoming a Scientist, citing mere technicality. Being a meritorious student, the petitioner has applied for 5 year BS-MS dual degree course conducted by the 1st respondent- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (for short IISER), Bhopal at its various Centres including Thiruvananthapuram.

2. Ext.P1 prospectus states the Eligibility Criteria as per Clause 3 as; 1) Applicants must be Indian nationals or PIO or OCI to apply for IISER Aptitude Test (for short IAT), 2024; 2) Candidates must have passed the Class XII (or equivalent) examination with science stream in 2022, 2023 or 2024 from any board recognized by Council of Boards of School Education in India COBSE; 3) Candidates must have taken at least three subjects among Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics during their Class XII (or equivalent) examination; and 4) Candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD require to score a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade in their Class XII(or equivalent) examination. Candidates belonging to other categories require to score a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade in their Class XII (or equivalent) examination. Clause 4 states about the procedure of Admission and 5th Clause speaks about the performance criteria in the qualifying examination wherein the first sub-clause itself provides that candidates whose Class XII (or equivalent) examination results have not yet been declared, can apply for IAT 2024. However, their admission will be subject to fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria given above, i.e. 60% for the general category.

. Candidates are required to make a preference list from among these 9 programms that the candidate wants to be considered for admission.
. The preference order must be from the most preferred (first preference) to the least preferred(last preference).
. The preference list must contain at least one IISER program.
. A candidate will be considered ONLY for the IISER programs which are on the candidate's preference list. Consequently, a candidate will not be considered for admission to an IISER program that is not mentioned in the candidate's preference list."

4. Clause 15 of Ext.P1 Brochure speaks about the dates on which the entire admission process will be conducted. Finally, Clause 16 says; (a) the entire counselling process will be conducted online. There is no need for the candidates to visit any IISER in-person during the counselling process, (b) Candidates can check if they received admission offers by logging into their application portal, (c) Admission offers to any candidate will be given strictly based on the following factors: seat availability at each IISER in the current allocation round, IAT rank obtained by the candidate, IISER preferences given by the candidate, and the category to which the candidate belongs. Sub- clause (g) says a student who has chosen to FLOAT will be considered for seat allocation again in the next round. If they are eligible to secure a seat in an IISER that is higher in their preference list than the currently accepted one, they will be offered that seat. Sub-Clause

(h) says; if seats in preferred IISERs are filled, then the candidate will not be considered in further rounds of counselling. For example, if a candidate had given only two preferences as IISER-X and IISER-Y, and if the seats in these IISERs are filled, then the candidate will not be considered for seat allocation anymore. This process happens even if the student has not been allocated any seat in previous counselling rounds. Lastly sub-clause (i) describes that admission offers given are provisional. They will be confirmed only after the candidates report at the IISER where they have secured admission and provided all the required documents in original. These are the factual circumstances under which a candidate will have to go through the process of admission.