ADITYA KUMAR MALLICK vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Pronounced on: 07.01.2025 + W.P.(C) 17764/2024, CM APPL. 75532/2024 ADITYA KUMAR MALLICK .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA AND ANR. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Praveen Kumar Singh, Mr. Sanal Nambiar, Ms. Ishita Goel, Ms. Chetna Singh, Ms. Charu Singh, Mr. Anand Kumar, Advs. For the Respondents : Mr. Balendu Shekhar, CGSC with Mr. Krishna Chaitanya, Mr. Rajkumar Maurya, Advs. for R-1. Mr. Arvind Nayyar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Kunal Vajani, Mr. Kunal Mimani, Mr. Kartikey Bhatt, Mr. Tanish Arora, Ms. Sharmishtha Ghosh, Mr. Mridul Yovesh Suri, Advs. for R-2. Dr. Ramya Tarakad Venkateswaran, Convenor of CAT 2024 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE TARA VITASTA GANJU JUDGMENT TARA VITASTA GANJU, J.: 1. The present Petition has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner seeking a direction to quash/modify/set aside written result of Combined Admission Test, 2024 [hereinafter referred to as “CAT, 2024”]. Other ancillary reliefs Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 17764/2024 Page 1 of 21 By:HONEY ARORA Signing Date:07.01.2025 19:56:03 are also sought by the Petitioner including appointing an expert committee other than Respondent No.2 to ascertain the correct answer with proper reasoning from the four options of question no. 18 bearing question ID 332818441 in Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) section of Shift 2 [hereinafter referred to as “question-in-issue”] and to declare the results afresh. 2. Notice in this Petition was also issued by a Coordinate Bench of this Court on 24.12.2024. Given the fact that the results of CAT, 2024 have already been declared on 19.12.2024, the parties urgently completed pleadings in the matter. 3. The CAT examination i