SHANTANU BHOPALE vs THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE DEPT. AND ANR

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904 WP 3649-25 & 5574-25 C2.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3649 OF 2025 Shantanu Bhopale ...Petitioner Versus 1. The Union of India through the Department of Higher Education 2. The Director General, ...Respondents National Testing Agency, New Delhi SNEHA WITH NITIN WRIT PETITION NO. 5574 OF 2025 CHAVAN Digitally signed by SNEHA NITIN CHAVAN Shantanu Bhopale ...Petitioner Date: 2025.05.03 19:10:40 +0530 Versus 1. The Union of India through the Department of Higher Education 2. The Director General, National Testing Agency, New Delhi 3. The Organizing Chairperson JEE (Advanced) 2025, IIT, Kanpur ...Respondents *** Mr. Ranjit Bhosle a/w Dr. Prashant Mali and Ms. Smita Gaidhani, Advocate for the Petitioner in both petitions. Ms. Gargi Warunjikar, Advocate for the Respondent No.1/UOI in WP/3649/2025. Mr. Neel Helekar a/w Ms. Gargi Warunjikar, Advocate for the Respondent No.1/UOI in WP/5574/2025. Mr. Rui Rodrigues a/w Mr. Jainendra Sheth, Advocates for the Respondent No.2 in both petitions. Mr. Arsh Misra for Respondent No.3 in WP/5574/2025. *** CORAM : A.S.CHANDURKAR AND M.M. SATHAYE, JJ. DATE : 2nd MAY 2025 Sneha Chavan page 1/7 904 WP 3649-25 & 5574-25 C2.doc JUDGMENT (Per M. M. Sathaye, J.) : 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The Petitioner is an IIT aspirant student who has appeared for 1 st and 2nd sessions of JEE (Mains) examination this year. He has filed both petitions. In WP/3649/2025, he has approached this Court seeking direction to Respondent No.2 (‘NTA’ for short) to issue rectified/corrected score card showing percentile of 99.5193354 and update/display the Petitioner’s rank accordingly. In WP/5574/2025, he is seeking direction to Respondent No.2 - NTA to issue corrected/rectified score c