DIVA SAXENA vs SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE & ORS.

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$~143 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Delivered on: 24.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 10203/2025 & CM APPL. 42375/2025, 51525/2025 DIVA SAXENA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bibhuti Bhushan Mishra, Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Mr. Dhruv Chauhan, Ms. Niharika Punn, Ms. Muskan, Mr. Akash Kumar and Ms. Siddharth Gupta, Advs. Versus SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ankur Chhibber, Adv. for R-1, 3 & 5. Mr. Shivam Sachdeva, SPC for UOI with Mr. Yash Agrawal, Adv. for R-2 & R-6. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed seeking following relief: “a) Pass an order issuing a writ of certiorari or any other writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari thereby declaring the retrospective operation of notification dated 28.04.2025 (Annexure P4) to be arbitrary and illegal. b) Pass an order issuing a writ of certiorari or any other writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari thereby declaring the action of the respondent detaining the petitioner to appear in second semester examination of Bachelors of Architecture to be arbitrary Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 10203/2025 Page 1 of 10 By:DEEPAK SINGH Signing Date:26.09.2025 16:03:55 and illegal. c) Pass an order issuing writ of mandamus or any other writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing the respondents to either conduct a special examination for the petitioner for her course of Bachelor of Architecture (Enrolment No. A/2024/3971) or alternatively, to promote the petitioner to the second year and allow her to appear in supplementary examination for the subjects of the second semester as and when applicable. d) Pass an order issuing writ of mandamus or any other writ